▁over ▁by ▁the ▁Co al ▁and ▁Al lied ▁Group . ▁ ▁A ▁railway ▁originally ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁transport ▁the ▁coal ▁to ▁the ▁wh arf ; ▁later , ▁tr uck s ▁and ▁autom ated ▁loading ▁bel t ▁systems ▁were ▁used . ▁ ▁R ut ile ▁was ▁m ined ▁from ▁the ▁beach ▁s ands ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁Population ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Census , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 6 2 ▁people ▁in ▁Catherine ▁Hill ▁Bay . ▁ 8 9 . 3 % ▁of ▁people ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁Australia ▁and ▁ 9 3 . 5 % ▁of ▁people ▁spoke ▁only ▁English ▁at ▁home . ▁ ▁Development ▁Pro pos als ▁for ▁re zon ing ▁and ▁re development ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁for ▁housing ▁were ▁opposed ▁by ▁L M CC ▁and ▁residents ▁as ▁the ▁land ▁was ▁z oned ▁for ▁conservation . ▁Environment al ists ▁cont ended ▁that ▁the ▁he ath lands ▁around ▁the ▁village ▁contained ▁a ▁large ▁variety ▁of ▁wild flow ers , ▁some ▁d war f ed ▁into ▁unusual ▁forms ▁from ▁the ▁exposed ▁coast al ▁conditions . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁court ▁ruled ▁the ▁development ▁agreement ▁illegal . ▁ ▁However , ▁a ▁new ▁H ous ing ▁Development ▁of ▁ 5 5 0 ▁houses ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁State ▁Government ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁This ▁new ▁sub div ision , ▁called ▁Be aches ▁Catherine ▁Hill ▁Bay ▁is ▁outside ▁the ▁visual ▁catch ment ▁of ▁the ▁her itage ▁village . ▁