An overview of Victoria covering its history, culture and landscape. Gold, sport, bushfires and rural Victoria are amongst the subjects covered and there is also a significant use of historical film footage in this description of Victoria.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
This work has been digitised and can be viewed in the display above.
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017218
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Victoria - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Social life and customs
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forest fires - Victoria
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Landscape - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Australia
History → Gold - Australia - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan