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- ↑ "Austar Coal Mine". yancoal.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ "Two miners dead after wall collapses at Austar Coal Mine near Paxton". 15 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/__.../extract-of-consultants-report-austar.pdf%5B%5D
- ↑ China's Yancoal puts Austar mine at Cessnock on care and maintenance Newcastle Herald 24 January 2020