Provides a look at the life forms of the Gippsland forest area. Here the world’s tallest hardwood tree, the mountain ash, towers to a height of one hundred metres or more and provides food and shelter at all levels, from the forest floor where the lyrebird scavengers to the tree tops which provide launching pads for the spectacular sugar gliders. Shows also the impact of the area’s two enemies: fire and man, and shows a rare glimpse of the family life of Australia’s laughing bird, the kookaburra.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
506178
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Habitations
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Victoria
Animals & Wildlife → Forest animals
Animals & Wildlife → Kookaburra
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Gippsland (Vic.)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forest ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Forest ecology - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Trees
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Trees - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)