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TitleCanaries to ComputersDate Created1999IntervieweeBevan KathageCharles "Digger" MurphyAlwyn GrulkeBrian LyneBruce WrightJohn NinnessPhotos provided byAllan BerlinSIMTARSConstruction, Forestry Mining and Energy UnionThe Australasian Institute of Mining and MetallurgyPrime InfrastructureAustralian Coal Association Film footage provided byScreen Sound AustraliaDistributor / StudioCurtis Video ProductionAcknowledgementIpswich Art GalleryCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandDescriptionPerhaps the greatest danger in coalmining is the potentially explosive build-up of methane gas. Methods for measuring gas levels have taken a quantum leap as canaries made way for high-tech electronic sensors which can feed information to remote scientists via the internet. Reference IDcanariesAsset TypeOral History - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)oralRecording Length00:06:01Sound RecordingYesCopyright NoticeThis work was created after 1st January 1955. It is protected by the Copyright Act 1968. Copyright duration is for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
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For more information, or if you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationBusinessesSIMTARSTrue Potential Services Government & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland Mines Rescue ServiceIpswich Art GallerySubjectsCanariesJet enginesBorehole camerasUnmanned vehicles Mines rescueCoal minesCoal miningCarbon monoxide Carbide lampsSafety equipmentPersonal protective equipment (PPE)Mine managers Methane GassesSafety lampsExplosions Signal wires BellsTechnologyCurated CollectionsCoal MiningOral HistoriesDefining Tulmur | IpswichExpanding Horizons: MiningExpanding Horizons: Science & TechnologyTaxonomy20th Century | 1990s | 1999
The creator retains ownership of the copyright of this work. The creator has granted Picture Ipswich a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use and reproduce this work.
Under the Fair Dealing exception of the Copyright Act 1968, you can use this work for research or study, criticism or review, and parody or satire. Moral rights remain and the work MUST be correctly attributed to its creator (photographer, studio, author, etc.) with acknowledgement of Picture Ipswich as the source of the work.
You CANNOT use this work for any other purpose (including redistribution on social media platforms) without seeking permission first.
For more information, or if you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationBusinessesSIMTARSTrue Potential Services Government & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland Mines Rescue ServiceIpswich Art GallerySubjectsCanariesJet enginesBorehole camerasUnmanned vehicles Mines rescueCoal minesCoal miningCarbon monoxide Carbide lampsSafety equipmentPersonal protective equipment (PPE)Mine managers Methane GassesSafety lampsExplosions Signal wires BellsTechnologyCurated CollectionsCoal MiningOral HistoriesDefining Tulmur | IpswichExpanding Horizons: MiningExpanding Horizons: Science & TechnologyTaxonomy20th Century | 1990s | 1999
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Copyright
This work is protected under the Copyright Act 1968
This work was created after 1st January 1955. It is protected by the Copyright Act 1968. Copyright duration is for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
The creator retains ownership of the copyright of this work. The creator has granted Picture Ipswich a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use and reproduce this work.
Under the Fair Dealing exception of the Copyright Act 1968, you can use this work for research or study, criticism or review, and parody or satire. Moral rights remain and the work MUST be correctly attributed to its creator (photographer, studio, author, etc.) with acknowledgement of Picture Ipswich as the source of the work.
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