The call of Windy Gully
The call of Windy Gully
July 27, 2006
Section: Community
Clare Curtis at the Windy Gully cemetery, where victims of the Mt Kembla mining disaster were laid to rest in 1902.
WOONONA history buff Clare Curtis hopes one day to retire to the peaceful surrounds of Mt Kembla's Windy Gully.
Clare's family property sits just up the road from the grave yard where many of the victims of the 1902 Mt Kembla Colliery disastery were buried..
A member of the Mt Kembla Mining Heritage Committee, the 62-year-old is preparing heritage exhibitions for the coming weekend's 5th annual Mt Kembla Mining Heritage Festival.
The festival is a commemoration of the past and a celebration of the future, Clare said.
The festival includes music, poetry, street parade and much more, before the mood changes to remember the 96 men and boys killed in the 1902 Mt Kembla mining tragedy on July 31. Ninety-six candle will be lit in remembrance of lives lost in Australia's worst mining disaster at Windy Gully on Monday.
For further information on the festival visit www.mtkembla.org.au