February 26, 2024
What’s it like to work 50 years at the same mine?
Mining can be a life-long career – sure – but how many coal miners notch up a half century? And how many rack up that 50 years at the same mine? Robert ‘Macca’ MacPherson has been presented with the MEU’s 50-Year-Service Award after a lifetime living and working in Moura – a Central Queensland mining town itself steeped in history.