The Melbourne suburb of Northcote is a typical egalitarian Australian community. Its residential areas were mainly settled between the wars and are now populated by a higher proportion of retired people than the suburban average. Northcote was chosen by the Brotherhood of St. Laurence as the site for an innovative program designed to involve local older people in self help welfare and community service. Once a week a dozen or so participants in the project run craft classes for local primary school children. Here the children are able to learn skills such as: woodwork; cookery; sewing; knitting; and crochet.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017414
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Services for - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community centers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community development
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Melbourne (Vic.) - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Retirement
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and the aged
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Retirement
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)