Australia in the 80's

Australia, 1981

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This film presents the variety and vigour of a nation still developing. Includes sequences of travel on the famous Indian Pacific railway between Port Pirie and Kalgoorlie, the nomad aircraft coastal surveillance, the gasfields of Moomba, and the Sepeltsfield wine-growing area in the Barossa Valley

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Credits

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Film Australia

director

John Leake

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014875

Language

English

Subject categories

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Barossa Valley (S. Aust.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Gas, Natural - Pipe lines - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Indian-Pacific (Train)

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Places → Barossa Valley (S. Aust.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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