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Nov 3, 2021 · It was when a young man named Walter Doig came to work for her father that Agnes’s world made a dramatic shift. Walter, or Wattie, as everyone except Agnes called him, was a working man, well-read, articulate and extremely opinionated. 1926 was a year of strikes and strife in Scotland.
It was when a young man named Walter Doig came to work for her father that Agnes’s world made a dramatic shift. Walter, or Wattie, as everyone except Agnes called him, was a working man, well-read, articulate and extremely opinionated. 1926 was a year of strikes and strife in Scotland.
Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category. [2]
To prepare for sitting in a disused mine in Wonthaggi, Haywood met extensively with Wattie Doig and learnt about safety procedures. With a likeable streak of larrikin in his portrayal, Haywood is utterly convincing as Doig the miner and Doig the militant industrial relations advocate.
Strikebound opens with Wattie and Agnes Doig discussing the hardships of life on the Victorian coalfields. A strong emotional impact is made by showing us the real people who are about to be portrayed by actors.
Sep 20, 1984 · The dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.
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It tells the story of Agnes and Wattie Doig, communist leaders of the 1937 strike at the Sunbeam Mine at Kurumburra in Gippsland, Victoria. We’re at the height of the Depression and even if you work you can barely make ends meet.
