Temporal setting: 1 February 1990
Location notes:
Australia Blue Asbestos was a mine owned by the Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR), which operated at Wittenoom Gorge from 1947 until 1966.
Asbestos inhalation can cause fatal diseases including
mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis.
The town of Wittenoom was degazetted in 2007 and is closed to visitors due to health risks associated with inhaling airbourne blue asbestos fibres.
Quotes
So I'm caught at the junction still waiting for medicine
The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine
Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night
And if the blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue
If the sugar refining company won't save me
Who's gonna save me?
But if I work all day at the blue sky mine
(There'll be food on the table tonight)
Still I walk up and down on the blue sky mine
(There'll be pay in your pocket tonight)
"Blue Sky Mine" as written by Martin Rotsey, Robert Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Garrett, Wayne Stevens
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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