Gem DVD explores sapphire fossickers and Opal miners

Taken from article in CQ Uni News on 11 November, 2010

Officially launched in November a 2 part DVD documentary exploring the history of the small, independent opal fossickers and sapphire miners along the Tropic of Capricorn and the building of a heritage tourism industry…

The DVD comes out of a project entitled Romancing the Stone from Cinderella to Waltzing Matilda: A Snapshot of the Sapphire and Opal Industries of Central Queensland.