Film Tag: Coal barons

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Beneath Black Skies

A documentary that recounts the history of coal mining in the Illawarra region of southern NSW.

Film Topics:

Mining - Coal

Film Tags:

1949 National Coal StrikeAppin mine disaster 1979Australian Labor PartyBattle of BulliBen ChifleyBlack lung diseaseBulli mine disaster 1887Class struggleClass warCoal baronsCoal miningCommunismCommunist PartyConvict minersDepressionsIllawarraMine explosionsMiners FederationMt Kembla disaster 1902SocialismStrikesUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Blood On The Coal

A feature length documentary charting the history and contemporary challenges for mineworkers on the Queensland coalfields.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

1949 National Coal Strike1952 Collinsville Staydown Strike1954 Collinsville Gas Outburst1972 Box Flat Disaster1975 Kianga Disaster1986 Moura Disaster1994 Moura Disaster2012 BHP DisputeAutomationBen ChifleyBlackwaterBlair Athol DisputeClass struggleClass warCoal baronsCoal miningCold WarCollinsvilleCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsDigger MurphyFamilyFIFOGasGordonstone DisputeHealth & safetyHousing Tax RevoltImmigrantsIpswichIpswich coal fieldsJohn HowardJohn Howard GovernmentMachanizationMateshipMine accidentsMine explosionsMiners FederationMiners Memorial Day Service CollinsvilleMiningMount Mulligan DisasterPoliticsPovertyQueenslandSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace relationsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Digger Goes To Parliament

A short documentary in which Digger Murphy recounts how his grandfather Charles Kilpatrick participated in the 'Suicide Squad' to abolish Queensland's Upper House of Parliament in 1921.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalPoliticsUnions

Film Tags:

Abolishment of Legislative Council, QueenslandBlood on the CoalCharles KilpatrickClass struggleClass warCoal baronsCoal miningDigger MurphyFamilyImmigrantsIpswichIpswich coal fieldsJo-Ann MillerMiners FederationMiningPoliticsPovertyQueenslandQueensland Suicide SquadScotlandSocialismUnionsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Ipswich Coal Barons

A micro film about the coal barons on Queensland's Ipswich coalfields.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalPoliticsUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaBlackstoneBlood on the CoalClass struggleClass warCoal baronsCoal miningDigger MurphyIpswich coal fieldsLewis Thomas, Coal KingMiners FederationMiningPoliticsPovertyQueenslandUnionsWorking classWright Family at Tivoli

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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