A road journey fromn Port Augusta to Alice Springs. Shows industrial development at Port Augusta; the beauty and vastness of the inland from the Flinders Ranges through Pimba and the saltbush country; wildflowers that spring up after rain; some of the station properties; opal mining at Coober Pedy; Gibber plains; the remains of bush fires; cattle droving; salt pans and dry creek beds and finally the town of Alice Springs.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
501948
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Alice Springs (N.T.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Coober Pedy (S. Aust.) - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Flinders Ranges (S. Aust.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Port Augusta (S. Aust.) - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Port Augusta (S. Aust.) - Social life and customs
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)