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[2] [3] While waiting in the open ocean outside Newcastle harbour to load coal, Pasha Bulker ran aground during a major storm on 8 June 2007 on Nobbys Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It was refloated and moved to a safe location offshore on 2 July 2007 before being towed to Japan for major repairs on 26 July 2007.
By 1939, Newcastle was one of the primary sources of munitions production for NSW and during World War II it became a significant industrial area. [5] The company BHP, which operated in Newcastle, had been preparing for the outbreak of war since Essington Lewis, its head had made an overseas trip in 1934. Munitions productions began at the ...
Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle (locally / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / NEW-kah-səl; Awabakal: Mulubinba) [4] is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia.
EG Australia is the Australian subsidiary of British company EG Group which operates the EG Ampol chain of petrol stations, selling Ampol (formerly Caltex Australia) fuel at its stations. As of October 2022 [update] , there are over 540 EG Ampol petrol stations.
Fort Scratchley is a fort atop a knoll overlooking Nobbys Beach. It was designed by Lt. Col. Peter Scratchley and built between 1881 and 1886. While its original purpose was to protect the colony against a feared Russian invasion, its most prominent role came during World War II when the guns at the fort fired upon a Japanese submarine which shelled the city in 1942.
The Clyde Refinery was a crude oil refinery located in Clyde, New South Wales, Australia, operating between 1925 and 2013.At the time of its closure it had a refinery capacity of 85,000 barrels per day (13,500 m 3 /d) and was the oldest operating oil refinery in Australia.
Following the proclamation of Newcastle as a city in 1885, the Council engaged James Sayers, Newcastle manager of the London Chartered Bank, to design a Council Seal. Sayers' design featured a shield surmounted by a scroll with the words "City of Newcastle" and another scroll beneath with the Latin motto " Finis coronat opus " ("The end crowns ...
In 1952, the Menzies government sold the Australian government interest in COR to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, which became the BP in 1954. The last speech in parliament by former prime minister, Billy Hughes, was an attack on the Menzies government's decision to sell its share in COR, the state-owned enterprise Hughes' government had established over 30 years earlier.