Waltzing Matilda: touring Australia

Australia, 1980

A tourist promotion that intermingles aspects of Australian history and culture with holiday promotion. Narrated by Charles Tingwell with original music by Bruce Smeaton. The song “Walzing Matilda” played by the Bushwackers Band is used as a theme.

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Collection

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Credits

producer/director

Steve Bowman

production company

Tourism Australia

Duration

00:32:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508855

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia

Animals & Wildlife → Penguins

Animals & Wildlife → Platypus

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Adelaide (S. Aust.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Alice Springs (N.T.)

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ayers Rock (N.T.) → Uluru

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Barossa Valley (S. Aust.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Brisbane (Qld.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canberra (A.C.T.) - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Darwin (N.T.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Hobart (Tas.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Katherine (N.T.)

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Perth (W.A.) - Description and travel

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sydney (N.S.W.)

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tourist trade

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Documentary

History → Australia - History

History → History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Australia

Places → Adelaide (S. Aust.)

Places → Alice Springs (N.T.)

Places → Ayers Rock (N.T.) → Uluru

Places → Barossa Valley (S. Aust.)

Places → Brisbane (Qld.)

Places → Darwin (N.T.)

Places → Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Places → Hobart (Tas.)

Places → Katherine (N.T.)

Places → Melbourne (Vic.)

Places → Sydney (N.S.W.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

Collected

2 times

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