Titles tagged with ‘remote communities’
7 titles - sorted by title / by year
Australia’s Land of Tomorrow (1962)
Australian Inland Mission (AIM) superintendent Reverend Fred McKay conducts his patrol through the north of Australia. Along the way he witnesses a prospering region where industry and agriculture ...
Beyond the Furthest Fences (1947)
A silent documentary that shows scenes from a journey made by Australian Inland Mission patrolling minister, the Reverend KF ‘Skipper’ Partridge, through central Australia in 1947. He travels ...
The Flying Vet (1984)
David Bradley’s veterinary practice covers from Port Hedland, Western Australia to Mt Isa Queensland and from Darwin to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It is the biggest ...
The Inlanders (1949)
A documentary by John Kingsford Smith made for the Australian Inland Mission. The Inlanders follows patrolling minister Reverend KF ‘Skipper’ Partridge on his 8,690 kilometre journey into Australia’s ...
Norforce Army Days at Hayes Creek, NT and Wyndham (1943)
This historical footage filmed by John Mack around 1943 captures Australian defence force personnel travelling on the old Ghan railway from South Australia to the Northern Territory. Mack ...
Opal Mining Lightning Ridge (c1925)
This silent footage with intertitles from around 1925 shows scenes of the opal mining community of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales. It includes miners’ shanty houses, the ...
Travelling Library (c1946)
Made by the Children’s Library Movement, this silent colour footage follows the Boys’ and Girls’ Travelling Library from its base centre at Hornsby to school children around the ...
