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EPISODE 4
A Rebel with a Cause...with Alex Atkins
Duration - 34 mins
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The year is 1987. As a university student, you have been accepted for vacational work by a company called WMC. You show up for your first day at work and you are told that "you have to leave, you cannot stay here". Why?

"Because you are a girl and girls don't work in mines". Does this seem a little far fetched? Well this is how Alex Atkins started her mining career.
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In our discussion with Alex, we cover her journey in mining. From being a mine and exploration geologist, to a mining engineer in various roles, to now championing diversity in the mining industry. Throughout it all, she has been fuelled by her rebellious nature and social conscience...she has been a rebel with a cause.

​Come join us and let's explore.
Alex in the field as a mineral exploration geologist.
This picture shows us where it all began...when Alex started at the WA School of Mines in 1986.
Photo of Alex at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea. Alex worked there from 1995 - 1997.
Working with an airleg at Mt Morgans Mine.
Alex at Kanowna Belle gold mine.
Alex became the first female WA District Inspector of Mines in 2009.
Alex working underground as a District Inspector of Mines in 2010 (Image: WA Department of Mines and Petroleum).


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