High Ground Press

Current projects

• A Light in the Vale. A history of the development of the Lithgow Coal Miners' Mutual Protective Association 1875-1900. A Light in the Vale records the development of trade unionism among the coal and shale miners of the New South Wales Western Coalfield between 1875 and 1900. Faced with what they regarded as intolerable working conditions the miners of the Vale of Clwydd Colliery formed an association for their mutual protection in 1878. They achieved some early successes but their union was forced out of existence by 1881. By the mid 1880s the region’s miners had formed a district union, which successfully weathered the economic and industrial storms of the 1890s. The organisation entered the 20th century ready to become an active player in a developing national miners’ union. The book charts the early struggles and successes of the union. It includes brief biographies of the union’s leaders, including Joseph Cook who became Prime Minister of Australia in 1913.

• Black Diamond. The development of the New South Wales Western Coalfield 1825-1900
  

Books by Ray Christison

Lithgow State Coal Mine a pictorial history	Tyldesley the village that disappeared	A Light in the Vale
Stories of the mine and some of its workers. $29.95 + Shipping Within Autralia $10 Outside Autralia $20	Including a history of coalmining in the Cullen Bullen district from 1880 to 1960. $29.95 + Shipping Within Autralia $10 Outside Autralia $20	Development of the Lithgow District Coalminers’ Mutual Protective Association 1875-1900. $29.95 + Shipping Within Autralia $10 Outside Autralia $20
Lithgow State Coal Mine a pictorial history Within Australia $39.95 Outside Australia $49.95	Tyldesley the village that disappeared Within Australia $39.95 Outside Australia $49.95	A Light in the Vale Within Australia $39.95 Outside Australia $49.95
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