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TitleNight Soil: Working as a Night Soil CollectorDate Created2019IntervieweePeter BirdJeff FranklinInterviewerMelanie RushCamera & AudioAlana PatersonFilm EditorAlana PatersonDistributor / StudioPicture IpswichAcknowledgementPeter BirdJeff FranklinCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandGeo Coordinates [1] DescriptionAn oral history with Ipswich City Council Waste Services employees Peter Bird and Jeff Franklin, on the experience of collecting night soil. Prior to the installation of sewage pipes, residents relied on outhouses, also known as the "backyard dunny" and "thunderbox", when nature called.Reference IDExperience & Collecting.mp4Asset TypeDocumentaries - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)oralRecording Length0:06:27Copyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
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