Zeehan: A Mining Town (1987)
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2017
- A personal perspective on mining and the history of Zeehan through the eyes of the Payne family.
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Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: Film - Zeehan: A Mining Town - V1"M one inch video master (colour, sound) - 22m 31s - (Reference: AB869/1/3213)
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My grandmother grew up in Zeeshan, where her mother ran a boarding house and brought up a large family, at the turn of the 20th century! Somehow, she grew up and achieved a Master's of Science degree at age 21, an extraordinary achievement given the isolation of Zeeshan. She went on to teach physics and maths in Melbourne before returning to settle in the Huon Valley due to a family loss, and have her own family - giving up her career for love!! She lived to 97, as mentally alert as in her youth, we miss her. Thank you Zeehan! 👍🥰
My mums from Zeehan and me Nan and Pop!
Zeehan Represent!
I grew up in Zeehan in the early to mid 1980s as an infant for the first few years of my life before moving away to Mole Creek, I wouldn't be surprised if my parents knew the Payne family. Anyways totally enjoyed this documentary, great insight into life in Zeehan in the 80s! I have visited Zeehan in 2015 to see my old home and the town in general, not a lot has changed in over 30 years!
I lived in Zeehan for 9 months in 1966 -67 and worked for Dillingham Constructions who built the treatment plant at Renison Bell.
For most of that time I lived in the Central Hotel which was one of the 2 hotels operating in the town at the time. The other pub was the Cecil. The Central was the "up-market" place for a drink and a feed where-as the Cecil was a bit rougher. I liked the Cecil!
There were 2 banks operating in Zeehan but I can't remember their names [this was about 7 years before the banks started merging and changing names]. A bank teller [worked in the bank on the same side of the street as the museum] also stayed in the Central. He often went cray fishing on Sundays and we had a deal going. I would gather a couple of bottles of beer, some bread, butter, onions & condiments in my room and when he got back that night we would have a feast of the healthiest cray meat I've ever tasted - washed down with Boags and Cascade.
Part of the Grand Hotel was modified for use as a dormitory at the time and I remember a few boozy get gatherings in the upstairs gallery. I particularly remember a gorgeous female geologist who suggested my choice of vodka and orange was mundane. Her preference was vodka and bitter lemon. I never drank orange juice again.
The old railways station was put to good use even though there were no trains. The contractor who was building the houses for Renison Consolidated used the station as an office and warehouse.
The town cop was a big burly Pommie. Typical of the 50's and 60's. Tough as nails, respected by most and feared by a few.
Spent a few interesting weeks there,building the swimming pool.
A wealth of knowledge from the older people!
My name is Zeehan.. woah
That was a very interesting documentary so fascinating how some people live I loved it thank you and some interesting stories in the comments 😊
Poor Dog! Never got patted or played with and never spent a weekend at sisters Beach with it's family. 😢😢😢
I can assure you Honey was patted, played with and taken away with us when we went to the shack. You are seeing a very short moment in time where we had film crews in our faces and we never actually left her at home when that scene was filmed. We went back and got her to take her with us.
You are literally seeing a snapshot in time. Honey was a much loved and well looked after dog, and get this, we took her to Sisters Beach all the time. We didn't even drive out of the street when that was filmed, we went back to get her and to shut the gate.
I apologise for jumping to conclusions. My thoughts were for the dog. I understand now how film crew's edit their filming and give a poor sense of outcome.
A somber bird, that Mrs Payne.
Very interesting documentary. I wonder how it compares to other mining towns like Beaconsfield and others.