A comprehensive history of Coal in Australia.
Chapters include:
1. Colonisation and the 1800s
2. Federation to World War One
3. The Lost Years: between the wars
4. World War Two: the Industry Fails to Meet the Challenge
5. The Industry at the End of World War Two
6. The Joint Coal Board and Queensland Coal Board Era Commences
7. Post War Industrial Relations
8. Mechanisation the Catchcry: the 1950s
9. The Queensland Giant Comes Alive
Denis Porter was CEO of the NSW Minerals Council (1998 to 2001) and a senior staff member of the Council and the NSW Coal Association (1989 to 1998). He was also Joint Executive Director of the Australian Coal Association (1998 to 2001). Denis had an ongoing association with the coal industry after he left the Council, for several years as a consultant, and also as a trustee director of the industry superannuation fund, Mine Super, and as a director of Mine Super Services.
