Life on Denniston Plateau (NR)
synopsis
On the West Coast of New Zealand on the wind-swept Denniston Plateau where neither gardens nor graves could be dug, the Westport Coal Company developed collieries and began building houses for mining families in the late C19th. In search of a better life in a new land, skilled British, Scots and Welsh mineworkers arrived to work the coal and established a number of vibrant communities. All the communities are gone now but the fellowship and good times
remain in the memories of many of the folk who grew up and worked on The Hill. In Life on Denniston Plateau they tell their stories.
details
Documentary
0 hr. 45 min.
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synopsis
On the West Coast of New Zealand on the wind-swept Denniston Plateau where neither gardens nor graves could be dug, the Westport Coal Company developed collieries and began building houses for mining families in the late C19th. In search of a better life in a new land, skilled British, Scots and Welsh mineworkers arrived to work the coal and established a number of vibrant communities. All the communities are gone now but the fellowship and good times
remain in the memories of many of the folk who grew up and worked on The Hill. In Life on Denniston Plateau they tell their stories.
details
Documentary
0 hr. 45 min.
