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Coal Miners Strike in 1949 - Eileen Penglaze - 30 August 1988:

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The Margaret Henry Oral History Archive is a collection of audio tapes, transcripts, summaries and essays that were part of the Oral Histories Open Foundation Course (1986-1989). Margaret Henry was a history lecturer at the UON in the 1980s.

The oral history tapes have been digitised and made freely available to the wider global research community thanks to the generosity of The Vera Deacon Regional History Fund.

Summary Interview by Susan Moran in 1988 Eileen Penglaze the wife of a coal miner during the 1949 coal strike. The national miners stoppage of 1949 was a strike brought on by numerous issues and earlier unresolved disputes. The coal miners were finding that the means to gain improvements in their industry were becoming less and less. In l948 the Miners Federation of Australia lodged an application to the Coal Industry Tribunal for alterations in Miners conditions. Two major issues were, long service leave and the 35 hour week. The tribunal hearing was suspended and so began the struggle resulting in a seven week strike causing swift and severe repercussions for the entire country. Last edited by: sarah

SubjectCoal Mining Last edited by: sarah

Workers Rights Last edited by: sarah

Miners Federation of Australia Last edited by: sarah

1949 coal strike Last edited by: sarah

PersonMoran , Susan Last edited by: sarah

Penglaze , Eileen Last edited by: sarah

Interview logA7465(vii)_Penglaze Last edited by: sarah

CollectionMargaret Henry Oral History ProjectDate Created1988-08-30 Last edited by: sarah

Location^[1]0:17-0:46 Last edited by: sarah

^[2]0:47 - 1:56 Last edited by: sarah

IdentifierA7465(vii)_Penglaze Last edited by: sarah

A7465(vii)_Penglaze A.mp3

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Standard at Cooks Hills 69 secs
Lambton Store 99 secs
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