Thanks for the answer Phil. I thought the guy second from left looked familiar; I believe he may be Harry Cutts, brother of Herbert Cutts whom I wrote about in the book, who was killed by a train near Fairy Meadow. Note hairline is the same, proportions and bone structure are the same, and in particular his way of standing with his feet unusually splayed is the same. They were both in Balgownie in the last couple of years of the 1910s, but were likely both residing in North Kembla earlier in the 1910s, Herbert worked with timber in the mines between photography, so that also fits. Why is he not in the photo? Well, he probably took it. So what you surmise based on technical aspects fits in with their movements from on colliery to another. I think I may have found another Bert Cutts photo while I wasn't even looking! This would have been taken likely between 1914 and 1919. On 31 May 2017 at 10:25, Phil Hartley <philhartley84@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Darian > > Have no idea really .They could be surface workers. in the photo there is > a combo of skips and what looks like standard rail .this could mean down > the bottom of a two foot gauge incline where they would have mainly worked > on the screens and the timber yard . MK was the only mine to load into > coal into large waggons on the mine level .the work gear style looks more > like 1910s than the 1920s .thats about it for me > > Gave the book to Don . he didn't really have a chance to comment on it as > we had a catch up chat .i'm sure he would have enjoyed it .its a great read > > Regards Phil > > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* darian zam <darianzamdesign@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 May 2017 4:32 PM > *To:* Phil Hartley > *Subject:* Balgownie Mine? > > > Phil. I don't know if you saw this one posted around, I was looking for > any info on it and thought it may be Balgownie or Bulli c late 1910s-early > 1920s. You're the man so I thought you'd at least have some idea on it. > This cannot be shared around unfortch since it's from the Illawarra Museum > Collection and has not been released to Illawarra Images via WCC. > Cheers dz > PS did the book get to Donnie OK? > -- > Thanks and Regards > Darian Zam > > -- Thanks and Regards Darian Zam