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The rose garden commemorates journalist Richard Carleton who died whilst covering the Beaconsfield Mine Disaster in 2006 for the Channel 9 network.
Richard George Carleton (1943 - 2006) was a multi-Logie winning Australian television journalist. In 1987 Carleton began his most famous television journalism role, as a reporter on 60 Minutes. In a career with the program that spanned almost 20 years, he visited many locations around the world investigating political climates.
Carleton had experienced a number of health scares, the first in 1988 when he underwent Heart bypass surgery, which was filmed for 60 Minutes, and another in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack. In 2005 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. On 7 May 2006, Carleton collapsed from a massive heart attack during a press conference at the Beaconsfield gold mine, shortly after questioning mine manager Matthew Gill on previous safety issues at the site.
Location
| Address: | Tasmania Street, Miners Park, Beaconsfield, 7270 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.200841 Long: 146.815132 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Garden |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Arts |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 07-May-2006 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 07-May-2006 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 14th March, 2014 |
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Plaque:
Journalist Richard Carleton died while reporting on the Beaconsfield mine collapse for 60 Minutes on the 7th of May 2006.
He was 62 years old.
Admired and greatly missed.
