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LOL. I think we were importing not exporting them at the time.

This is 1 load, not an ongoing export. But it did become a huge export eventually. The very first load that made money for the colony.
 
Coal mining in Australia began near Nobbys Head in Newcastle in the 1790s, with the first coal shipment leaving Newcastle in 1799. This was Australias first commodity export.
 

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