Why did you leave such a beautiful place?

Australia, MAR 2009

Margaret O’Connell tells of how she moved to be with her sister in Geelong, of her first days at Brintons carpet factory and how her loneliness was soon replaced by the family she made there. She join the Equal Opportunity and Consultative Committees and, when the factory closed in 2008, had been there for 32 years.

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Credits

creator

Margaret O'Connell

production company

ACMI Digital Storytelling

Duration

00:05:32:07

Production places

Australia

Production dates

MAR 2009

Appears in

Group of items

Geelong TCUFA : weaving and winding : more than a job : Digital Storytelling project

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2001787

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Carpets

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee morale

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employees, Dismissal of

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Factory management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Textile industry

Biographical

Digital Storytelling

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → New Zealand - Rural conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Officials and employees

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Victoria. Equal Opportunity Board

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women in trade-unions

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Employees - Training of

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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