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Film still from John Heyer’s The Back of Beyond

Australia, 1954
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The Realist Film Unit was formed in 1945 and produced social realist documentaries that highlighted workers’ rights and social issues. From 1948, the Shell Fi..

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[The Back of beyond : publicity kit]

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Convoy of life

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In our words: stories from Victorian veterans [Swan Hill veterans]

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The Finest of wheat

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[John Robertson Duigan Film Collection: Reel 6]

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The Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea, 1942

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The Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea, 1942

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[Gallipoli : publicity kit]

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The Valley is ours

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[Gallipoli : publicity kit]

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[The Picture show man : publicity kit]

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[John Robertson Duigan Film Collection: Reel 10]

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