Broome and the Pearl Coast

Australia, 1990

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Episode of Series “This Land Australia with Ted Egan”.
Broome, in the remote north-west of Australia is famous for its pearling industry. Travelling the breadth of the Pearl Coast, Ted Egan encounters a number of extraordinary people like Yoshinori Maeda who came to Australia as a young man to fish, but decided to stay. The vast panoramic coast and desert of the north-west is explored, including the beautiful splendour of Deepwater Point, 200kms from Broome.

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Credits

director

Martyn Down

producer

John Mabey

Rhonda Mabey

production company

AFFC

Sorena

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1990

Appears in

This Land Australia with Ted Egan

Group of items

This Land Australia with Ted Egan

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304246

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pearl industry and trade - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Broome (W.A.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Egan, Ted

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Western Australia - Description and travel

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

People → Egan, Ted

Places → Broome (W.A.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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