The Mallaganee boy

Australia, 2007

Film
The Mallaganee boy thumbnail image.

David Ferrier is a young farmer operating the family farm 25 km outside Birchip. In this short interview he talks about his relationship with the farm and the land and his unusual hobby of whip cracking.

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Credits

producer

Astrid Scott

David Meagher

Dean Lawry

Jason White

production company

ACMI Content Development

Duration

00:02:32:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2007

Appears in

Group of items

Stories from Birchip

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1007209

Language

English

Audience classifications

ACMI classified

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

DVCAM; Master

DVCAM; Sub-master

DVD [PAL]; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy

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