Austinmer - Timeline
| 1816 | The first land grants were made |
| 1837 | Austinmer was first settled |
| 1844 | A new road to the mountain above Bulli was built. It was called Wesmacott's Pass, now known as Bulli Pass |
| 1876 | A company was formed known as the North Bulli Coal & Iron Mining Company which bought land north of Coledale, Wombarra and Scarborough |
| 1884 | October - Emmanuel School/Church opened |
| 1884 | Illawarra Coal Company opened a mine at Austinmer |
| 1886 | Coal was being produced at the Austinmer mine |
| 1886 | Illawarra Coal Company opened Austinmer Mine and a jetty was built at Fisherman's Beach |
| 1886 | The first wheeled vehicle was taken up Bulli Pass |
| 1887 | A coal steamer, manned by a drunken crew, was wrecked on the rocks at Austinmer in June |
| 1887 | The first jetty was built at Hick's Point and put to use |
| 1887 | The Austinmer railway station was opened to traffic on 1 September |
| 1890 | The first coal was sent from Austinmer, a total of 1606 tons being despatched |
| 1895 | Mine was worked out and closed at Austinmer |
| 1906 | The Kennedy Estate was subdivided into building blocks and sold by auction by Slade & Brown of Sydney |
| 1908 | A telephone line from Clifton to Bulli was erected and Austinmer was connected to it |
| 1909 | 1 May telegraph and telephone facilities were extended to Austinmer |
| 1909 | 20 October the first Life Saving Club was formed at a meeting held at the "Outlook Guest House" |
| 1912 | In January Summer School was held at Austinmer for the first time |
| 1915 | Duplication of the railway was completed |
| 1921 | The Methodist Church held services in the surf clubhouse and in the same year laid the foundation stone of a neat brick church in Moore Street, Austinmer |
| 1922 | Methodist Church Austinmer opened |
| 1938 | Clowes Park, Railway Avenue was officially opened 24 September. Named after Councillor and President of Bulli Shire Council, John Clowes |
| 1963 | The entrance to Austinmer Colliery was bricked up bringing to an end 20 years work |
| 1965 | Glastonbury Gardens were developed. Named after Mr Reg Glastonbury who held the position of City Engineer with Wollongong City Council |
| 1967 | Austinmer Public School official centenary Commemoration Ceremony 7 April presentation - Unveiling of Sundial |
| 1988 | A post office was opened two hundred yards from the railway platfrom 1 March |
Last Modified: 2/07/2008
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