At The Coalface - Blackwater, QLD
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Tuena
S 23° 34.933 E 148° 52.785
55K E 691827 N 7390767
A monument to the important role coal mining has played in the region & a memorial to those who have lost their lives in mining accidents.
Waymark Code: WMTD4K
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 11/04/2016
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The monument is a mono coloured three dimensional statue of a coal miner & a one dimensional representation of a seated coal miner. The background is corrugated iron & the base crushed blue metal (basalt). The wooden frame represents the wall & ceiling braces used in the earlier days of coal mining.
Plaques outline the artist, local coal mines & background to the monument & list the names, date & coal mine of miners who have died At The Coalface.
Sector of the workforce: Coal mining
Created or Donated by which group: Blackwater Mine Workers Memorial Trust
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