The Rush that never ended

Australia, 1981

Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Adaptation of Professor Geoffrey Blainey’s classic history of Australian mining ‘The rush that never ended’, combining historical re-enactment, archival material, voice over narration and presented by Geoffrey Blainey

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view on-site.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Terence McMahon

Duration

01:06:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323605

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries - Australia - History

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Miners - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia - History

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Prospecting

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → History

History → Mines and mineral resources - Australia - History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Prospecting

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/77006--the-rush-that-never-ended/ |title=The Rush that never ended |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=26 June 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}