Van Badham explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries.
Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it.
Guests:
- Criena Fitzgerald – author, Turning Men Into Stone
- Dr. Pamela Kinnear – academic & public policy consultant
- Kay MacGregor – researcher, Bendigo Historical Society
- Beris Penrose – academic, author & historian
- James Lerk – author of Bendigo's Central Deborah Gold Mine and its Era
- Bill Allen – tour guide, Central Deborah Gold Mine
- Sound engineer –John Jacobs
- Producer – Lyn Gallacher
Link: www.central-deborah.com Central Deborah Gold Mine
History, Mining and Metals Industry