Ticklebelly Tales

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Ticklebelly Tales (subtitled and other stories from the people of the Hydro) by Heather Felton, was a book published in 2008 about the people who had worked for the Hydro Electric Commission of Tasmania from 1910 to 2006.

History

The comprehensive history included institutional details as well as personal anecdotes. [1] A later edition was published in 2013. [2]

Earlier histories of the HEC exist - Garvies' A Million Horses of 1962 [3] and Roger Luptons' Lifeblood of 2000, [4] however Fenton's style and the production of the Ticklebelly Tales volume includes details of over many interviews and extensive photographic material.

Oral history material held in the Tasmanian state archives that Felton was involved in collecting, include interviews with former Hydro engineers that are mentioned in the book, such as:

The book was reviewed in local newspapers, such as the New Norfolk-based Gazette, [6] and promoted in the Launceston Examiner . [7]

Notes

  1. Felton, Heather; Hydro Tasmania (2008), Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro, Hydro Tasmania, ISBN   978-0-646-47724-4
  2. Felton, Heather; Hydro Tasmania (2013), Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro, Hobart Hydro Tasmania, ISBN   978-0-646-59259-6
  3. Garvie, R. M. H; Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1962), A million horses : Tasmania's power in the mountains, Hydro-Electric Commission, Tasmania, retrieved 30 October 2017
  4. Lupton, Roger (1999), Lifeblood : Tasmania's hydro power, Focus Publishing, ISBN   978-1-875359-33-2
  5. https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/NS2247-1-24
  6. "Tales tickle the past" in Gazette : voice of the valley & highlands 04/06/2008 Page(s): 8 TAS_INDEX_MARC:389506 - see https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fTAS_INDEX_MARC$002f0$002fTAS_INDEX_MARC:389506/one
  7. "Hydro social history in words of former workers launched", Examiner 21 May 2008 Page(s): Record ID:TAS_INDEX_MARC:384400

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