Dean Osland flew over the Hunter to take these images of the valleys coalmines and surrounds.
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Ten years ago, Newcastle, the world's biggest coal port, was at the pointy end of an immense global narrative.
A global energy and resources boom had crept up on the Hunter Valley and, seemingly overnight, transformed its export coal industry from big to massive.