We Won’t Forget Wittenoom

In the 1960’s a blue asbestos mine operated at Wittenoom in the central Pilbara. Many young men from Perth ceased the opportunity to go and earn big money and they toiled in the primitive working conditions totally unaware of the dangers of the blue asbestos they were mining. Every day within minutes their bodies would be covered in the grey dust no matter where they worked underground, the packing shed or on the jetty at Point Samson, the dust was everywhere. Over the years the deaths through mesothelioma of those young men has been well documented. The once vibrant township has now been closed and all the services disconnected. This song is a tribute to those ambitious young men who paid the ultimate price.