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Fantasic interview so informative ❤

The fellow a true gem rich in old gold mine workings.

Brilliant - great contribution, thanks Ken and Michelle :-)

Good stuff, thank you both!

These old timers were tough as nails , hard honest workers that built this country . Good on ya mate , you're a legend and i can see your a decent man and done Australia proud . 👍👍

Ken, you're a gentleman. Thank you sir

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Ole Ken is in great shape, he's got a few left in him yet

Thanks shell and Ken for your contribution to Heritage and Australian history❤

Ken, you sir are incredible! Your knowledge and stories are here to be passed on for many decades to come. Thank you for the stories you tell and for inviting us into a glimpse of your life. Michelle, again an outstanding video. So proud of you!

Great interview

I've just started what a wonderful Insight and interview

I've just arrived back in Irishtown and looking forward to more heritage fossicking, when I was here earlier this year I had an extensive look around wattle gully mine and was amazed at the workings of the machine room and ore processing plant, I just received the latest pmav newsletter and it has an article about wattle gully mine in it but I'm yet to read it 🤔 thanks Michelle for this very interesting interview 👍

Thank you Old timer! Much appreciated.....and I reckon it would be great to hear more from some old fellas please!

A shout out to the lady for interesting content and not speaking with "vocal fry". Its a rare thing these days.

These guys must have been as tough as nails.

Hope you can do some more of these. Awesome.

What a legend ❤

Interviewee- lovely man... interviewer- rediculous.

is the interview conducted at the bright battery?

This interview could go on for days, a great choice for a video. Well done

Great interview Michelle. Your videos are always so well researched and produced and now you're excelling at interviewing too. 60 minutes, here you come!! 😃

This was very interesting. And educational. Its good to get these stories told .fantastic put together video. Thank you for putting this together. Wattle gully is the mine everyone is stealing things from. That upsets me so much.

Lovely video Michelle. I really enjoyed hearing how life was back then from someone that actually lived the life as a miner.

Good stuff, keep up the good work. So interesting.

What a very humble man is Ken.

25 shillings... like literally real money... SILVER! pre 1946? was stirling i think?, post 1946 50% silver... today a 50% silver shilling is 5.7grams = 2.8grams of silver = approx $4 AUD.... a three pence is 1.4g, = .7g of silver = $1 AUD.... smaller than a fake silver coin, aka a 5C piece... 5C "piece"? piece of what? worthless shit is the answer... six pence is 2x three pence, = 2.8g or 1.4 of silver = $2 shilling is 2x sixpence and florins are 2x shillings.. what a great video! junk silver is the cheapest fractional silver you can get... i got a few kilos of old 50%.... PIECES! ... of precious metal...

Great to see you capturing a slice of living history before its all gone, good job. Thank you regards Andy PPA

Great to watch😊

That was great to hear. Days of honest toil. Very interesting.

Fantastic interview,such a quiet and unassuming man absolute gentleman could listen to him for hours.Thanks for the insight Michelle.

great interview, i think this history is important for people today

Awesome interview! Ken is even a few years older than I am. Bet he knew and talked with some of the old-timers from the 1800s. There's ore specimens here on my desk that my granddad held onto from his 19th century claims. Sometimes it seems sort of crazy it can already be a quarter way into the 21st century already.

Great interview with such a fine gentleman.

A lovely interview, Michelle, kindly responses by Ken. Tied in beautifully with the illustrations, that they were able to access their mine at Wattle Gully from Chewton could be comprehended, joined there at their Level 8. Excellent presentations, and enjoying these very much, thanks!

What an interesting fella! Quite the life he's had it sounds like, wishing him and his family well - signed another gent who's involved with mining and also enjoys plants.

Nice interview, Mr Ken Gillanders is fair dinkum Gent... Well done 🙂

Awesome Thoroughly enjoyed that thanks 😊

Great interview, not many of the old boys still kicking around. Wealth of knowledge, im sure there's a few tails he could tell about the miners, but not in front of a lady.

They don’t build them like this top gentleman anymore.

94!?! Mr G looks and sounds 65-70, this legend remembers more from the 40s-50s -60s than I do from last week, bless him :)

Great interview. I could only hope to live that long and be as sharp as him.

Thanks for sharing

Certainly eye opening. The many miners that strived for riches to seek fortune for their families. Some of us are still out here doing the same thing today, just with different methods, but the same gold bug and the same hope and excitement. Awesome video, thank you for all of your videos. Very informative and your so softly spoken it is easy to listen.

I wish I could get to Vic!!

Incredible

GPS location?

Theyve been done over like the GAZA STRIP IN PALESTINE😏👍

13.7 tons of gold one ton of gold = 37 x 37 x 37 cm , not much more than a cubic foot !

a lot of the metal and alloys were stripped by kids in the mine for the ww1 effort also the labourer that fell (in the 80s or 90s) to his death is an interesting story, they got him out a year later i think costing either 1 or 5 mill if they didnt recover him they wouldve had to have sealed the mine the mine was still mining a couple of years ago the last time l did a tour i imagine it is today @ 4k per oz also the chinese gardens, cemetary and cricket field is worth a read chinese sent bars of soap back to china with gold hidden inside (its said) tobacco was shared with the horses to chew on i believe theres a movie getting filmed there soon