In 1981 Midnight Oil released their Place without a Postcard album including a song called Burnie inspired by a tour the band did to North West Tasmania. Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Migonie wrote the song with lead singer Peter Garrett. The song was not universally appreciated in Burnie as the town became a battleground between industry and the environmental movement.

Guest: Jim Moginie, musician, songwriter and writer, guitarist with Midnight Oil

Author of The Silver River (Harper Collins)