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Lockout (2007) Online
Original Title :
Lockout
Genre :
Movie / Documentary
Year :
2007
Directror :
Jason van Genderen
Cast :
Chris Haywood,Jack O'Shea,Jim Comerford
Budget :
AUD 380,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
56min
Rating :
6.5/10

In 1929 one of the darkest chapters in Australian industrial history was written in blood and bitterness on the Northern Coalfields of NSW, a tale that will echo across our landscape in story, song and legacy.

Lockout (2007) Online

In 1929, in the face of collapsing demand for coal, mine owners in the Northern Coalfields of NSW, announced (with the support of the conservative State Government) that they would reduce miners' wages by 12.5 per cent and strip them of their hard won industrial rights. When their union, the Miners Federation, refused to agree to these terms the mine owners locked the gates. They were to remain closed for 15 months. 10,000 miners, pit boys and their families now found themselves without a job, forced to subsist on government handouts and charity. What began as an undeclared war on industrial labor ended up overpowering a government, crippling an industry and besieging a community. Community anger brewed into a violent day of violence, with police firing on civilians, killing one and wounding many. Subsequently, the 'Unlawful Assemblies Act' was introduced by a Government fearing all-out civil war. This event challenged the rights of every Australian, and redefined the political and ...
Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Haywood Chris Haywood - Himself - Presenter
Jack O'Shea Jack O'Shea - Himself - Lockout veteran
Jim Comerford Jim Comerford - Himself - Lockout veteran
Mabel Comerford Mabel Comerford - Herself - Lockout Veteran
Frame Cooghan Frame Cooghan - Himself - Lockout Veteran
Grace Scanlon Grace Scanlon - Herself - Lockout veteran
Henry Scanlon Henry Scanlon - Himself - Lockout veteran
Alan Murray Alan Murray - Himself - Mining-historian
Shane Emmett Shane Emmett - Sergeant Markham
Barry Shepherd Barry Shepherd - Miner on Train
Leigh Rice Leigh Rice - Union official
Art Ryan Art Ryan - (voice)
Doug Hall Doug Hall - Communist official
Sean Hall Sean Hall - Ghost Miner
Paul J. Mailath Paul J. Mailath - Miner 1