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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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 films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)