The Resource The tunnel, Dennis McIntosh
The tunnel, Dennis McIntosh
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The item The tunnel, Dennis McIntosh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Resuming his story where Beaten by a Blow left off, Dennis McIntosh gives an eye-opening account of seven years working underground, and how it impelled him to turn his life around. When Dennis McIntosh first walked onto the construction site for the tunnel running from Werribee, in Melbourne's west, to the Westgate Bridge, he'd never worked underground before and he was terrified. The tunnel was being dug 80 metres below the surface, and lying on his back with the section roof just centimetres from his face caused him to hyperventilate. To make matters worse, he was 27 years old and starting again as a beginner. He had already done an apprenticeship in the shearing sheds, earning his stripes during eight years of working up and down Australia. But he had sworn never to go back to shearing after the wide-comb dispute, and having been through four jobs in as many months, he was desperate for work. He was an alcoholic and his eldest daughter was on an intensive brain-retraining programme due to a childhood injury; he had to settle. This was his last chance.That was in 1985, and when he resurfaced for the final time seven years later, Dennis was a changed man. He'd survived bitter disputes with the other men on his crew; disagreements with management, who set about increasing the men's hours and workload for no extra pay, and cutting their bonus; betrayals by his co-workers; long lonely nightshifts, and the breakup of his marriage
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 94 pages
- Note
- "How an ex-shearer with a fear of closed spaces turned his seven years working underground into something remarkable"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780143572220
- Label
- The tunnel
- Title
- The tunnel
- Statement of responsibility
- Dennis McIntosh
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Resuming his story where Beaten by a Blow left off, Dennis McIntosh gives an eye-opening account of seven years working underground, and how it impelled him to turn his life around. When Dennis McIntosh first walked onto the construction site for the tunnel running from Werribee, in Melbourne's west, to the Westgate Bridge, he'd never worked underground before and he was terrified. The tunnel was being dug 80 metres below the surface, and lying on his back with the section roof just centimetres from his face caused him to hyperventilate. To make matters worse, he was 27 years old and starting again as a beginner. He had already done an apprenticeship in the shearing sheds, earning his stripes during eight years of working up and down Australia. But he had sworn never to go back to shearing after the wide-comb dispute, and having been through four jobs in as many months, he was desperate for work. He was an alcoholic and his eldest daughter was on an intensive brain-retraining programme due to a childhood injury; he had to settle. This was his last chance.That was in 1985, and when he resurfaced for the final time seven years later, Dennis was a changed man. He'd survived bitter disputes with the other men on his crew; disagreements with management, who set about increasing the men's hours and workload for no extra pay, and cutting their bonus; betrayals by his co-workers; long lonely nightshifts, and the breakup of his marriage
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McIntosh, Dennis
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Penguin specials
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- McIntosh, Dennis
- Men
- Construction workers
- Life change events
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The tunnel, Dennis McIntosh
- Note
- "How an ex-shearer with a fear of closed spaces turned his seven years working underground into something remarkable"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000052967602
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- 94 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143572220
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)889713745
- Label
- The tunnel, Dennis McIntosh
- Note
- "How an ex-shearer with a fear of closed spaces turned his seven years working underground into something remarkable"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000052967602
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- 94 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143572220
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)889713745
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