1900

Lambton Colliery. Photo by Ralph Snowball. University of Newcastle Cultural Collections.

2014

Lewis Oval, New Lambton. Site of the former Lambton Colliery,.

Most of the photos in this “Then and Now” series highlight similarities – things that have remained relatively unchanged through the course of years. Today’s photos highlight difference. The site of the former Lambton colliery has been radically changed with the removal of all the colliery infrastructure and earthworks to create a sporting oval and behind the oval new housing subdivisions. The only point of similarity between the two photos is the outline of Sheperds Hill in the distance, on the horizon.