Up from the Underworld : Coalminers and Community in Wonthaggi 1909-1968
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0980651263
ISBN-13
9780980651263
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Imprint
Monash University Publishing
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2011
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.30 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Australasian & Pacific historySocial & cultural historySociety & social sciencesEconomic history
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A regional mining community that won a national reputation, Wonthaggi came to be admired by many, and disliked by others. For sixty years the town’s highly unionised miners successfully worked the thin, broken seams of a state coal mine that would have been regarded as insufficiently profitable by most Australian mine owners. At times, through the national Miner’s Federation, they exerted a powerful influence within the Australian coal industry and beyond. For the residents of Wonthaggi, their mine and their union helped them understand and define who they were, these things playing a role in their everyday lives, understandings and imaginations that thoroughly transcended the workplace. In an age of private accumulation and social fragmentation, Up from the Underworld brings to light this important history.
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