Track Record: The Story of Australia’s Railways - Tethered to the World (1991)
Documentary, Travel & Adventure
Length: 28 minutes
Synopsis
This is one episode from a four-part series that looks at the history of the railway network in Australia. This episode outlines the surviving tourist railways of Australia. It also looks at the problems presented by the legacies of the past – in particular the different gauge systems.
Curator’s notes
The other episodes in this series are Broken Journey, Missing Links and In the Spirit of Progress. Producer John Mabey has produced two other television series exploring Australia, Jack Absaloms’ Outback and This Land Australia.
Original censorship rating: G
| Production company | Coora Films |
|---|---|
| Producer | Rhonda Mabey |
| John Mabey | |
| Executive producer | Christopher McCullough |
| Director | John Mabey |
| Roy Mason | |
| Devised and Written by | Dion Boehme |
| Original music | Mario Grigorov |
| Cast | Peter Gwynne |
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