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Working in the Forest |
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Leslie
Dunn, a charcoal burner, at the Forests Commission's charcoal kilns, Mt
Cole, near Beaufort, 1941.
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The Forests Commission's charcoal
kilns at Mt Cole near Beaufort, 1941. This site had six kilns in operation.
Charcoal production increased during wartime petrol rationing when charcoal
was in demand as a substitute fuel for motor vehicles.
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The Forests Commission's charcoal kilns at Mt Cole near Beaufort, 1941.
Workers stack the kilns with hard timber such as red gum, ironbark or stringybark.
The Forests Commission used dead timber from the forest floor.
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Removing the lid from the kiln at the Forests Commission's charcoal kilns,
Mt Cole near Beaufort, 1941. Charcoal is produced by slowly burning the
timber for about three days.
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Unloading
charcoal from the Forests Commission's kilns at Mt Cole near Beaufort, 1941.
A kiln produced one ton of charcoal from six tons of wood.
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