Outlines a holiday visit by a 12-year-old boy to his grandfather at Broken Hill. The grandfather, a retired miner, shows him the scope and method of underground mining carried out at Broken Hill. The holiday moves to the Western Australian operation of Hamersley Iron and later the northern Queensland operation of Mary Kathleen Uranium. We meet many people from these operations and see how they relax and enjoy themselves.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014287
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Iron mines and mining
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Miners - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mining corporations
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Uranium mines and mining - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Broken Hill (N.S.W.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Hamersley Range (W.A.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mary Kathleen (Qld.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mining towns
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Miners - Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mining districts - Social aspects
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)