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Bad Ground

Inside the Beaconsfield mine disaster
By Tony Wright
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In Bad Ground, Tony Wright explores his personal journey through music and self-discovery. This memoir delves into Wright's life as a musician, offering insights into the dynamics of band life, the challenges faced within the music industry, and his personal reflections on fame and identity. It's a candid and heartfelt narrative that captures both the highs and lows of a music career.
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The exclusive, authorised account of the Beaconsfield mine crash, from the two survivors who were trapped underground, Brant Webb and Todd Russell.

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Bad Ground is the exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath.

The blast and rock fall which occurred one kilometre underground on Anzac Day, 25 April 2006 killed their fellow worker, Larry Knight, and left their shift manager in no doubt they were also dead.

Tony Wright's enthralling, often spine-chilling narrative begins with a masterfully rendered portrait of the small Tasmanian mining township in which the drama unfolded, a township that revealed to him its deepest secrets.

Bad Ground reads like a psychological thriller as it follows the many intriguing and moving developments surrounding its central characters and their families, above ground and deep down below.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743361481

Publisher: Murdoch Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: Pier 9

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 312g

Pages: 336

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Tony Wright

About the Author

Tony Wright is the national affairs editor of The Bulletin and provided the most extensive, in-depth coverage of the mine disaster and rescue extensively in the magazine during his first 20 days in Beaconsfield, during which he forged extensive links with the local mining community.

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