[Mr and Mrs Allen] [Ray Allen]

Coimadai - Social Life & Customs|Extractive Industries|Work Conditions - Job Description

Content as in title/subject.|0 - 3 mins : Riding on the lime wagons to school.|3 - 6 min : As above.|6- 9 min : Jenny and Rod show photos to Ray of the Merrimu Reservoir to gain perspective of the Coimodai township landmarks prior to flooding.|9 - 12 min : As above.|12 - 15 min : As above. Coimidai name is Aboriginal for mineral spring.|15 - 18 min : Ray discusses his working life at Antomine Mine.|18 - 21 min: Bennett's Hotel.|21 - 24 min :Dairy farming.|24 - 27 min : Lime production finish using charcoal-gas engine (suction-gas engine).|27 - 30 min : As above.|30 - 33 min : As above.|33 - 36 min : Charocal burning and charcoal burners.|36 - 39 min : Truck transportation. Lime uses for mortar and agriculture.|39 - 42 min : Differentiating between the old and the new kilns in Coimadai.|42 - 45 min : As above. Alkemade and Allen family marriage.|45 - 48 min : Growing up in Coimadai. Granny Watts and Mrs Tilley.|48 - 51 min : Tilley family.|51 - 54 min : Home life in Coimadai.|54 - 57 min : Naming of men who worked at the lime kilns.|57 - 60 min : Process of lime production.|60 - 63 min : Cooper's quarrying and lime crushing industry.|63 - 66 min : Geophysical aspects of the valley. Cockatoo and Nuggety Gully and Coimadal Plain including Clunes.

Sound Disc 2

sound disc (66 min.):digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.

Jenny Mitchell, Rod Faulkner

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.

Melbourne, (Vic.)

Sound Recording

130104576

VMLMW

1985