Bad Ground: Inside The Beaconsfield Mine Rescue.

Wright, Tony with Todd Russell and Brant Webb.

ISBN 10: 1741960053 / ISBN 13: 9781741960051

Published by Pier 9, SYDNEY, NSW., 2007

About this Item

391 pages. Illustrated, soft card cover.

Seller Inventory # 005771

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bad Ground: Inside The Beaconsfield Mine Rescue.
• Publisher: Pier 9, SYDNEY, NSW.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1741960053
• ISBN 13: 9781741960051
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australian Social History
  • Business Histories

About this title

Synopsis

Bad Ground is the exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of the Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath. The blast and rock fall which occurred one kilometre underground on Anzac Day, 25 April 2006 killed their fellow worker, Larry Knight and left their shift manager in no doubt they were also dead. Bad Ground reads like a psychological thriller as it follows the many intriguing and moving developments surrounding its central characters and their families, above ground and deep below.

About the Author

Tony Wright is the national affairs editor of The Bulletin and provided the most extensive, in-depth coverage of the mine disaster and rescue extensively in the magazine during his first 20 days in Beaconsfield, during which he forged extensive links with the local mining community.