''The Power Makers'' is a 1957 Australian short directed by Lee Robinson, about

brown coal Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

coal mining in Australia Coal is mined in every state of Australia. The largest black coal resources occur in Queensland and New South Wales. About 70% of coal mined in Australia is exported, mostly to eastern Asia, and of the balance most is used in electricity gener ...

and the

Yallourn Power Station The Yallourn Power Station, now owned by EnergyAustralia a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong-Kong-based CLP Group, is located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, beside the Latrobe River, with the company town o ...

. It won the 1959 AFI Award for Best Documentary.

References

External links

* * 1950s short documentary films 1957 films 1957 documentary films Films directed by Lee Robinson Coal mines in Victoria (Australia) Documentary films about fossil fuels Australian short documentary films 1950s English-language films {{Australia-documentary-film-stub