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Noel White (1923-2019) - Chief surveyor in the mining industry and NRL representative. Recorded 11 January 1988. Part 1/2.
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Summary379A Noel White
Recorded 11 January 1988 Part 1 of 2
0:36
Born 1923, West Wallsend
Parents lived at Weston
Margaret Dodds (mother)
Attended Cessnock High
1:30
Father worked as Chief Surveyor, Hebburn
Father worked for BHP post WWI
1:47
Great Greta Colliery
Gordon McCulloch
Bill Rix
2:29
Arthur Rix
Des White (brother) born 1925
3:15
Barry Moody
Margaret Dodds (mother)
3:56
Norma Phillips (wife), married in 1949
Represented Country, NSW and Australia in 1946
4:38
Dave Parkinson
Stan McKensey
4:48
Bruce McKensey, Ian McKensey
Tom Bruce
Obtained Mines Surveyors Certificate
Moved to Townsville for work reasons
Recollection of first team meeting
"Frosty" Denton
Recalls winning local rugby league premiership
Moved to Brisbane to work and play football
Hugh Melrose
Recollection of career ending injury
Darryl Smith
Moved back to coalfields, Bloomfield
First worked for Hebburn Group in 1942
12:26
Elrington Colliery
Electricity was generated at Hebburn No. 2
Recollection of battery cars at Elrington
14:34
Returned to Bloomfield to work in 1947
Bill Lewis
15:27
Recollection of ventilation at Bloomfield
Gordon Taylor
16:38
P.W.G. King's, Maitland
Steepness of coal seam, Ayrfield Colliery
17:51
Recalls steepness of coal seam
Bede Kelly
19:58
Worked as Chief Surveyor at Ayrfield, 1951
Worked at a total of three R.W. Miller mines
Maitland Extended Collieries Pty. Ltd.
20:35
Ayrfield No. 3
Ayrfield tunnels were 40 chains apart
21:30
Alexander Francis
P.C. Sattler
21:42
Cwmdu Colliery, location of
Dick Thomas, Ayrfield Collieries manager
23:58
Rothbury Colliery restarted working c.1960
Bill Hartcher
24:46
Ayrfield No. 6, location of
Recollection of electric haulage system
Rothbury coal washing plant c.1958
Ayrfield No. 3, location of
26:38
Ayrfield tunnels ventured west from outcrop
Jack Wethered
29:36
Recalls rescuing miner in pit fall
Recalls depth of tunnels, Ayrfield
31:50
Size of "pillars" and "cut-throughs", Ayrfield
Description of coal skip haulage method
Recalls timber was "hitched" under roof
Recalls placing "baulk" under top rib
35:03
Roadside baulk carried brattice
Description of how coal was worked
Recalls "side-tipping" of coal skips
Recalls tipping of skips into "alligator"
Coal screened, graded and washed at pit top
39:17
Each pit had separate ventilation system
Reason bord & pillar system not used
42:00
Dick Thomas
Peter Murray
42:23
Millfield North
Great Northern Colliery, Teralba
43:44
End (Tape 379/Side A) Part 1 of 2
SubjectWhite, Noel, 1923-2019Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Great Greta Colliery (N.S.W.)Millfield North Colliery (N.S.W.)Rothbury Colliery (N.S.W.)Cwmdu Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 6 Colliery (N.S.W.)Rugby League football playersPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToBede KellyBruce McKenseyCreatorWhite, Noel, 1923-Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceKurri Kurri, NSWDate Created11th January 1988Location[1] Elrington Colliery (N.S.W.)[2] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery / Rothbury Colliery, NSW[3] Northern Rhondda Colliery, NSW[4] Weston, NSWIdentifier379A
Recorded 11 January 1988 Part 1 of 2
0:36
Born 1923, West Wallsend
Parents lived at Weston
Margaret Dodds (mother)
Attended Cessnock High
1:30
Father worked as Chief Surveyor, Hebburn
Father worked for BHP post WWI
1:47
Great Greta Colliery
Gordon McCulloch
Bill Rix
2:29
Arthur Rix
Des White (brother) born 1925
3:15
Barry Moody
Margaret Dodds (mother)
3:56
Norma Phillips (wife), married in 1949
Represented Country, NSW and Australia in 1946
4:38
Dave Parkinson
Stan McKensey
4:48
Bruce McKensey, Ian McKensey
Tom Bruce
Obtained Mines Surveyors Certificate
Moved to Townsville for work reasons
Recollection of first team meeting
"Frosty" Denton
Recalls winning local rugby league premiership
Moved to Brisbane to work and play football
Hugh Melrose
Recollection of career ending injury
Darryl Smith
Moved back to coalfields, Bloomfield
First worked for Hebburn Group in 1942
12:26
Elrington Colliery
Electricity was generated at Hebburn No. 2
Recollection of battery cars at Elrington
14:34
Returned to Bloomfield to work in 1947
Bill Lewis
15:27
Recollection of ventilation at Bloomfield
Gordon Taylor
16:38
P.W.G. King's, Maitland
Steepness of coal seam, Ayrfield Colliery
17:51
Recalls steepness of coal seam
Bede Kelly
19:58
Worked as Chief Surveyor at Ayrfield, 1951
Worked at a total of three R.W. Miller mines
Maitland Extended Collieries Pty. Ltd.
20:35
Ayrfield No. 3
Ayrfield tunnels were 40 chains apart
21:30
Alexander Francis
P.C. Sattler
21:42
Cwmdu Colliery, location of
Dick Thomas, Ayrfield Collieries manager
23:58
Rothbury Colliery restarted working c.1960
Bill Hartcher
24:46
Ayrfield No. 6, location of
Recollection of electric haulage system
Rothbury coal washing plant c.1958
Ayrfield No. 3, location of
26:38
Ayrfield tunnels ventured west from outcrop
Jack Wethered
29:36
Recalls rescuing miner in pit fall
Recalls depth of tunnels, Ayrfield
31:50
Size of "pillars" and "cut-throughs", Ayrfield
Description of coal skip haulage method
Recalls timber was "hitched" under roof
Recalls placing "baulk" under top rib
35:03
Roadside baulk carried brattice
Description of how coal was worked
Recalls "side-tipping" of coal skips
Recalls tipping of skips into "alligator"
Coal screened, graded and washed at pit top
39:17
Each pit had separate ventilation system
Reason bord & pillar system not used
42:00
Dick Thomas
Peter Murray
42:23
Millfield North
Great Northern Colliery, Teralba
43:44
End (Tape 379/Side A) Part 1 of 2
SubjectWhite, Noel, 1923-2019Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Great Greta Colliery (N.S.W.)Millfield North Colliery (N.S.W.)Rothbury Colliery (N.S.W.)Cwmdu Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 6 Colliery (N.S.W.)Rugby League football playersPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToBede KellyBruce McKenseyCreatorWhite, Noel, 1923-Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceKurri Kurri, NSWDate Created11th January 1988Location[1] Elrington Colliery (N.S.W.)[2] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery / Rothbury Colliery, NSW[3] Northern Rhondda Colliery, NSW[4] Weston, NSWIdentifier379Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Noel White (1923-2019) - Chief surveyor in the mining industry and NRL representative. Recorded 11 January 1988. Part 1/2., [379A]. Living Histories, accessed 05/10/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/87311