'Hallowed ground': Outcry over plan to remove homestead for coal mine
âHallowed groundâ: Outcry over plan to remove homestead for coal mine Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Opponents of plans to remove a colonial-era Hunter Valley homestead to make way for a coal mine say it would destroy an important historic site that was the likely staging ground for a massacre of local indigenous people. Glencore is seeking approval to extend its Glendell mine near the village of Camberwell to extract an extra 140 million tonnes of coal. The sandstone Ravensworth homestead,...