Open/Close Toolbox
Format: Audio
Linked To
Interview logCollection
Copyright
General Use Special Collections Copyright
Please contact Special Collections if you are a subject of an item, or know a subject of an item, and have cultural or other reservations about an item being made available on this website and would like to discuss this with us.
This item can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this item for any other purpose please contact the University of Newcastle Library's Special Collections.
If you have any further information about the item, please contact us.
Newcastle coal mining - Alan Murnain - 3 August 1989
Expand/collapse
Details
SummaryInterview by Cathy Holmes in 1989 with Alan Murnain about coal mining in Newcastle.
Alan started work as a coal miner in the 1950s at age 16, he describes the changing technology over the decades and system of longwall mining, the strikes and employment conditions.
SubjectMurnain, AlanCoal minersLong wall miningEmployment conditionsStrikesTechnology PersonHolmes, CathyMurnain, AlanInterview logDate Created3rd August 1989IdentifierA6966(vi)_Murnain
Alan started work as a coal miner in the 1950s at age 16, he describes the changing technology over the decades and system of longwall mining, the strikes and employment conditions.
SubjectMurnain, AlanCoal minersLong wall miningEmployment conditionsStrikesTechnology PersonHolmes, CathyMurnain, AlanInterview logDate Created3rd August 1989IdentifierA6966(vi)_Murnainloading google map....
Newcastle coal mining - Alan Murnain - 3 August 1989, [A6966(vi)_Murnain]. Living Histories, accessed 29/11/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/76842