A Working holiday

Australia, 1957

Film
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Hop picking in Victoria; seasonal workers gather from all parts of Australia for six weeks to harvest hops in the rich Ovens Valley. Shows the picking, bagging and weighing of the bags, and transport to the kilns. The weekend break is spent swimming, fishing or sight-seeing in the surrounding Alps.

Credits

production company

Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture

producer

Jack Keane

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1957

Appears in

Group of items

Agricultural Collection

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323227

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Seasonal industries

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Seasonal labor

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australian Alps (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ovens River Valley (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Description and travel

Places → Australian Alps (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Places → Ovens River Valley (Vic.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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