My grandfather, Henry Jenkins was sick that morning of the explosion due to drinking too much the night before at the gathering in the hall. Sadly he lost all of his work colleagues that day and went on living until he was 96yrs of age. My grandmother, Mary, was a nurse in the Mulligan hospital at that time.
I worked on the Mt Mulligan resort that is now built near the old township. The only building remaining where the main street once was is the old hospital which is still used by the Mt Mulligan station owners as an office and living quarters. I have explored the ruins and ventured to the mine entrance. It is a very eerie experience and you can feel the presence of the ghosts of the past...
Using the words awesome and beautiful when discussing a disaster that killed so many men is difficult . The use of animation and historic photos combine brilliantly. The saying from the UK Woodhorn disaster was Blood on the coal. Much blood has been spilled in this industry, many lives lost in the winning of coal. Let us all hope the lessons of the disasters have been recorded and actioned to allow miners from round the world to walk home at the end of every shift on every day of the years they descend the mine to give us all energy for the life we live. Great work all round Amacf
Very well researched and designed. How long did this take you? What reference material did you use? You mention other disasters in UK, France and USA. Did you come across any references to the Port Kembla disaster?
Thank you. This one took several months of many hours due to the limited information especially recreating the mine surface layout. It started with sattelite imagery to gauge distances and using archives and mining knowledge to recreate from assumption where needed. The VSim work relates to Queensland mines and is sponsored by MSIA, Im based in the UK I have done VR work for other mining disaster but not in NSW such as Port Kembla. Ther are indeed a lot of mining disasters to cover worldwide.
Excellent Presentation; I'd not heard of this disaster before. I'm wondering if there are there any Songs or Poems that describe it and commemorate the miners??? RjB
My grandfather, Henry Jenkins was sick that morning of the explosion due to drinking too much the night before at the gathering in the hall. Sadly he lost all of his work colleagues that day and went on living until he was 96yrs of age.
My grandmother, Mary, was a nurse in the Mulligan hospital at that time.
Fortunate to have lived but a heavy memory I'm sure
@@TheARTofMining would have haunted him forever...soldiers arent the only ones with PTSD..
A powerful documentary, very well presented.
I worked on the Mt Mulligan resort that is now built near the old township. The only building remaining where the main street once was is the old hospital which is still used by the Mt Mulligan station owners as an office and living quarters. I have explored the ruins and ventured to the mine entrance. It is a very eerie experience and you can feel the presence of the ghosts of the past...
It was an interesting challenge to recreate having not been there
Great animation of a tragic accident, well done guys👍
Using the words awesome and beautiful when discussing a disaster that killed so many men is difficult . The use of animation and historic photos combine brilliantly. The saying from the UK Woodhorn disaster was Blood on the coal. Much blood has been spilled in this industry, many lives lost in the winning of coal. Let us all hope the lessons of the disasters have been recorded and actioned to allow miners from round the world to walk home at the end of every shift on every day of the years they descend the mine to give us all energy for the life we live. Great work all round Amacf
Sadly we still see them today with the tragedy in the Ukraine mine shaft just this week
Great job Alan 👌✌ I saw your comment on Facebook... Keep it up...
cheers
Great Job mate, very watchable congrats
Very well researched and designed. How long did this take you? What reference material did you use? You mention other disasters in UK, France and USA. Did you come across any references to the Port Kembla disaster?
Thank you. This one took several months of many hours due to the limited information especially recreating the mine surface layout. It started with sattelite imagery to gauge distances and using archives and mining knowledge to recreate from assumption where needed. The VSim work relates to Queensland mines and is sponsored by MSIA, Im based in the UK I have done VR work for other mining disaster but not in NSW such as Port Kembla. Ther are indeed a lot of mining disasters to cover worldwide.
Great video, thank you!
Excellent Presentation; I'd not heard of this disaster before. I'm wondering if there are there any Songs or Poems that describe it and commemorate the miners??? RjB
There is a facebook group dedicated to Mulligan you might find it there - facebook.com/groups/1549614635362839
Kevin Dilger