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  Newnes State Forest, Lithgow
  by Melissa Ellison

  Newnes State Forest 3.5.08 From about 1906 to the early 1930s, Newnes was the site of an oil-shale industrial development. At its peak, there were probably up to 2000 people living in the town, although for most of its operating life, numbers would have been considerably less. With the closure of the industry, the town died and today the last remaining building of the mining era is the old hotel. Even this has been relocated and de-licenced. A kiosk operates here on weekends, but during the week it is private residence. There is little else left of the town itself, but there are extensive ruins remaining of the old industrial area.