[Matthew Flinders: bi-centennial celebrations 1974]

Australia, 1974

Captures the various bi-centennial celebrations that were organised in Victoria to commemorate the birth of Captain Matthew Flinders. Includes footage of the Shrine; Mornington beach; Arthur’s Seat; Port Philip Bay; Station Peaks; Flinder’s Street Station; St Paul’s Cathedral; Swanston street; and the Matthew Flinders torch relay. Leading Victorian figures appear unveiling commemorative plaques. This is an un-edited film without a soundtrack which documents many of the celebrations.

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 As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions.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

production company

Country Roads Board

Department of Agriculture

Victoria. Dept. of Education and Early Childhood Development

Duration

01:05:42:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312773

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Arthur's Seat (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Melbourne (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Port Phillip Bay (Vic.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne, Vic.)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Historical films

History → Australia - History

History → Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814

History → History

History → Victoria - History

People → Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814

Places → Arthur's Seat (Vic.)

Places → Melbourne (Vic.)

Places → Port Phillip Bay (Vic.)

Places → Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne, Vic.)

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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

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

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/89889--matthew-flinders-bi-centennial-celebrations-1974/ |title=[Matthew Flinders: bi-centennial celebrations 1974] |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=18 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}