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TitleLife UndergroundDate Created1999IntervieweeBruce WrightBetty RogersNorm RuleBevan KathageBill DrysdalePhotos provided byAllan BerlinConstruction, Forestry, Mining and Energy UnionNorm RuleJohn Oxley LibraryThe Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Film footage provided byScreen Sound AustraliaDistributor / StudioCurtis Video ProductionAcknowledgementIpswich Art GalleryCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandDescriptionWorking underground forges a common bond between the men who toil together under harsh working conditions. You rely on your mates to get the job done and at times, also for survival. Once you've been a miner, you're forever part of an extended family.Reference IDlife_underAsset TypeOral History - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)oralRecording Length00:03:48Sound 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 InformationBusinessesTrue Potential ServicesOakleigh Government & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland Mines Rescue ServiceIpswich Art GalleryPeople & FamiliesLen RogersSubjectsFriendship Coal mining Coal minersUndergroundSmellsMudSlush WalkingUnionsLanguage Swearing Mine ownersCurated CollectionsCoal MiningOral HistoriesDefining Tulmur | IpswichAdapting To Change: MiningTaxonomy20th Century | 1990s | 1999
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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 InformationBusinessesTrue Potential ServicesOakleigh Government & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland Mines Rescue ServiceIpswich Art GalleryPeople & FamiliesLen RogersSubjectsFriendship Coal mining Coal minersUndergroundSmellsMudSlush WalkingUnionsLanguage Swearing Mine ownersCurated CollectionsCoal MiningOral HistoriesDefining Tulmur | IpswichAdapting To Change: MiningTaxonomy20th 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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