In 1952, after only 13 years of operation, the Australian Government closed the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works due to floods, numerous industrial accidents and huge financial losses. The large mining community was forced to leave the valley and the town died. The miners and their families return annually to their beloved town and talk of old times, the curse of Glen Davis and the morning they woke up to find there was “no such a place” Suitable for upper secondary and tertiary levels.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014727
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Financial management
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial accidents
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries - Australia - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Miners - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia - History
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Glen Davis (N.S.W.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mining towns
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Floods
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Financial management
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mining districts - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → New South Wales - Rural conditions
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Industrial accidents
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)