[Alexander Sinclair Home Movies: Reel 9]

Alexander Sinclair (21 October 1918 – 3 May 1998) was an amateur filmmaker who lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Evelyn Sinclair for approximately 20 years from 1959 onwards. They lived in Port Moresby for three years, followed by Goroka. He made home movies of life in Papua New Guinea and travels with Evelyn and their friends to the UK, the Netherlands, USA, Melbourne and Sydney throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

The collection of home movies, originally made on Super 8mm film, was donated to ACMI by their daughter Elizabeth Robbins.

This films shows time with First Nations people of New Guinea, a wedding in Goroka, a wedding in Sydney, and a royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Princess Anne to Goroka.

Selected Highlights List (time codes from Access Overscan)
00:00:19:00 ancestral house of worship – “House of Tambaran” – seems to be specific to East Sepik group in PNG
00:00:36:00 children in traditional local dress with elders, gathered and building houses
00:01:07:00 playing wooden instruments, similar to flute and pipes
00:01:30:00 stunning views of mountain scene
00:02:20:00 driving through Australian bush, then Sydney beaches
00:07:48:00 toddler in wading pool in yard, Goroka
00:10:04:00 wedding in Goroka
00:12:24:00 carnival or fair, possibly the Sydney Royal Easter Show
00:13:17:00 footage of Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay and a ferry cruise on the Sydney Harbour
00:14:55:00 views of Bondi or Bronte
00:15:38:00 friends gather in Sydney for a wedding
00:16:31:00 back to PNG, family and friends
00:17:42:00 gathering in town in traditional dress to welcome Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Princess Anne
00:19:49:00 Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, Captain Phillip, Barry Holloway MP in back of truck being driven through crowds of people, Goroka