The Maddingley area of Bacchus Marsh was surveyed for brown coal deposits in the 1930s. By the early 1940s brown coal in large quantities was being extracted and was transported to Melbourne where it was used to fire boilers for the Australian Paper Mills (APM) company. By the 1970s APM was using natural gas instead of coal. Maddingley brown coal was then used to fire boilers for the CRA/VISY cardboard factory at Bacchus Marsh. This factory closed down in 1990. During the 1990s the mine was acquired by the Calleja family company who ran transport and waste management operations.The Maddingley Brown coal mine was a major industry in Bacchus Marsh for 50 years. A sample of coal from the mine is a reminder of the importance of this local industry over an extended period of time.Two cylindrical plastic containers mounted on rectangular baseSample of pulverised brown coal produced from Maddingley brown coal deposit located at Bacchus Marsh Victoria, October 1981. Moisture content 12% - Specific energy - 22 GJ/Tonne - Particle size - 25% +90 Microncoal mines, mining, brown coal, maddingley brown coal mine

Printed book. Softcover. 172 pages : illustrations, portraits. Citation: The story of Maddingley Brown Coal Pty Ltd: the APM years 1927 to 1989. By Max Emery. Research assistance provided by Margaret Love and Bernice Clarke. Self-published by the author, Eli Waters, Qld., 2023. BMDHS Location: AR/SU4non-fictionA comprehensive history of the operations of the Maddingley Brown Coal company operations in Bacchus Marsh. This work is a detailed account of the workings of the mine and the people who operated it and also a social history of the impact the mine made in the community of Bacchus Marsh. It contains numerous photographs, illustrations, diagrams, charts and reproductions of documents. maddingley brown coal mine, coal mines bacchus marsh region