Search for identity

Presents the history of a former Cobb and Co coach house on the Old Sydney Road at Avenel in Central Victoria, from its early days in the 1850s to the present. Explores methods of research showing various techniques used to reconstruct the building’s history: visits to the Central Plans Office, Titles Office and Avenel Cemetery; and an examination of the building’s structure. Narrated bhy John Stanton.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Drummond

Duration

00:16:18:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015698

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → Historic buildings

History → History

History → History - Methodology

History → Victoria - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Australia, 1983

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