Why do we have a festival in Mt Kembla?
To many, our festival may seem the only thing our committee does every year… nothing could be further from the truth…in fact our list of significant achievements is very long since our formation in 2001, to commemorate the centenary of the Mt Kembla Mine Disaster of 1902 Today we play a very active and significant role as part of the many layers that form a small community such as Mt Kembla One of our major concerns is the appropriate recognition and marking of the very significant Old Mt Kembla Mine Site, which seems to stand guard over the history/heritage of the region like an ancient sentinel. It needs revitalising and our group, together with several other stakeholders such as NPWS, Mt Kembla Mine Memorial Pathway Group, WCC, Dendrobium Mine/Illawarra Coal and NSW Heritage …….are undertaking the diverse and involved task to begin to do just that. We envisage the Mine Memorial Pathway will become a link to the old Mt Kembla mine site area which hopefully in the future, will link
