At the edge of the salt plain

Australia, 1972

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Episode of Series “Wild Australia”.
Birdlife on Townsville Common, showing the osprey, kite, plover, jabiru stork, egret, spoonbill, and heron. Concentrates on the Australian crane, the brolga and in particular its courtship dance,

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Credits

director

Ken Taylor

producer

Robert Horne

production company

ABC

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1972

Appears in

Wild Australia

Group of items

Wild Australia

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000676

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia

Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior

Animals & Wildlife → Cranes (Birds)

Animals & Wildlife → Zoology - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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