Tiger's tracks | Hunter mining historian John Shoebridge's life and legacy

By Mike Scanlon
October 25 2019 - 5:00pm
'TIGER': The late John Shoebridge shows where coal rail tracks once crossed Glebe Road at The Junction. Pictures: Mike Scanlon
'TIGER': The late John Shoebridge shows where coal rail tracks once crossed Glebe Road at The Junction. Pictures: Mike Scanlon

LITTLE wonder the late Hunter mining historian John Shoebridge was given the nickname 'Tiger'. Over decades, the hard-working Shoebridge certainly earned his stripes, not only in the coal industry as a manager, but in mines rescue work and wider afield as a recorder and writer, keeping Hunter history alive.

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