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Families fun at Whitehaven Coal Community Open Day

Around 1200 people attended the Whitehaven Coal Community Open Day in Blackwater on Saturday 23 November. (Supplied)

Around 1200 residents and families from across the region turned out to Blackwater’s May Day Fair Grounds on Saturday 23 […]

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