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The memorial commemorates those who lost their lives in the North Parkes Mine in 1996 and 1999.
On the 24th November 2019. the twentieth anniversary of the event in 1999, a chair was unveiled at a ceremony in Cooke park in memory of Ross Bodkin, Colin Lloyd Jones, Michael House and Stuart Osman. The chair will be installed at Bushmen`s Hill next to the memorial.
A massive blast in 1999 killed four miners and trapped 30 others underground for several hours. The accident at the North Parkes gold and copper mine happened when an airpocket between the ore body and the main underground area exploded. Thirty-five workers were underground at the time instead of the usual 12, because the mine was shut for a routine maintenance day, according to an official of North Ltd, co-owners of the mine with the Japanese Sumitomo Group.
The blast was so great a depression was left on the ground surface where the ore body sank in at the mine, 30 kilometres from the central-west town of Parkes.
Location
| Address: | Newell Highway, Bushman`s Hill Reserve (opposite Kelly Reserve), Parkes, 2870 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.125349 Long: 148.174429 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Industrial |
Dedication
Plaque 1 :
THIS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
STEPHEN SHORROCK
WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT NORTHPARKES MINES
19 AUGUST 1996
Plaque 2 :
THIS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
ROSS BODKIN
COLIN LLOYD-JONES
MICHAEL HOUSE
STUART OSMAN
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT NORTHPARKES MINES
24 NOVEMBER 1999
