State Electricity Commission, Yallourn Open Cut, Fossilised Tree, Victoria, 1962

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Item MM 10633 Negative - State Electricity Commission, Yallourn Open Cut, Fossilised Tree, Victoria, 1962

Summary

Black and white negative of a man standing next to a fossilised Kauri stump suspended from a crane, Yallourn, 1962.
Fossilised trees were dug up in the coal seam from time to time.

Part of a large photographic collection of glass plate and film negatives, photographic prints and photo albums, relating to the development of the electric power supply industry in Victoria, operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) from 1919 to 1993 and various predecessor private and municipal power supply enterprises dating back to the late 1880s.

Description of Content

Man wearing a dust coat and holding a ruler standing beside a fossilised Kauri tree stump suspended from a crane.

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State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) Collection
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Engineering
Place & Date Depicted

Yallourn, Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1962
Format

Negative, Black & White
Classification

Mining & metallurgy, Extraction - brown coal, Open cut mines
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Technology
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Keywords

Fossilized Wood

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