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The Happy toilers

Australia, 1960
film

An amateur record of the efforts by children attending a crafts centre in a migrant hostel to build their own swimming pool. Made at Bradfield Park Housing Se..

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Our friends, why?

Australia, 1963
Similarity: 69%

[Gadsden Family Home Movie Collection: Reel 167]

Australia, 1930-1956
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[Kirsty Sword Gusmao Film Collection: Reel 2]

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Happy little chap

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The City Speaks

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Late Winter to Early Spring

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Why two numbers

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Fit For the Future

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Poppy

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A Cook's tour

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In our words: stories from Victorian veterans [St Arnaud Veterans]

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Trespass on Summerland

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The Airport

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[Big Melbourne]

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The Knock at the door

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A young girls journey to the other side of the world

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[Tibor Zoltan Koller Home Movies: Reel 13]

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