Victoria Converts Brown Coal To Power And Light. Australian Diary 14

From the Film Australia Collection of the NFSA. Made by The National Film Board 1948. Directed by Jack S Allan. Open cut mining in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, produces tonnes of low grade brown coal that is burnt, unprocessed, in the Yallourn Power Station, which in 1948, supplied 66% of Victoria's electricity. The high moisture content of unprocessed brown coal makes it a less efficient and higher carbon dioxide producing coal.