Australia daze

On the 26th January 1988, Australia celebrated its bicentenary in a variety of different ways. This program looks at some of them, from the re-enactment of the arrival of the first fleet in Sydney Harbour, seen through the eyes of wealthy socialites on their motor launch, and more ordinary Australians at their barbecue to scenes of the official speeches and the progress of the Aboriginal “March for Freedom, Justice and Hope” In between we see European immigrants and their celebrations, a street party and the outback cattle ranchers to whom it is just another working day.

Credits

production company

Fiske/Isaac

producer

Graeme Isaac

director

Pat Fiske

Duration

01:15:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302864

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → National characteristics, Australian

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → National characteristics, Australian

History → Australian Bicentenary, 1988

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-1 Digital File - 2MB Rate; Copy

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1988

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