One of 12 minidocos about blokes and their sheds in South Australia.
Des lives and works on his farming property in the historical German region of The Barossa Valley in South Australia. He has a hint of a German accent – all the more surprising since he is the third generation of his family born in Australia. There are many sheds on the property housing equipment that belonged to his father and grandfather before him. In a beautifully well-preserved hay thatched shed, a vast collection can be viewed as an almost historical “museum” to early farming technology. Des knows where everything is - although some of it has probably not been used for 20 or 30 years. But the equipment is still in working condition and we witness Des using a combination of that equipment as part of his working day. Based on the book by Mark Thomson.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1007195
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Italians - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
DVCAM; Sub-master
CD ROM; Copy
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan