Wallace Clarke was an amateur cinematographer and filmmaker during the 1960s to the 1990s. Wallace was particularly keen on capturing both the Australian landscape and the people who enjoyed it. As well as Australian urban settings and some world travels, Wallace’s films focus on the many hiking and camping destinations that he visited.
Often carrying the credit, ‘A Walkabout Film’, Wallace’s movies indicate that he was part of a nature study and walking group called ‘The Walkabouters Club of Victoria Inc’. The ‘Walkabouters’ formed in 1968 as a result of a Council of Adult Education (CAE), Outback Study Tour to Central Australia. Some of the attendees decided to start the Club in order to continue educative walks particularly around Victoria.
The Club encouraged their resident artists and photographers to capture their activities.
The collection of Wallace’s films was donated to ACMI by his widow Gwenda Clarke and is shot on various formats, predominantly Standard 8mm and Super 8mm film.
This film contains footage of activities at various spots around the Wilson’s Promontory National Park in Victoria, including Sealer’s Cove, Streaky Beach and Pillar Point. The filmmaker shows dramatic views of the sea and rocky cliffs around the Promontory, shots of Tidal River, groups of hikers and hiking trails, people relaxing on the beaches and the lush vegetation of the area.
Originally made on Super 8mm film.
Selected highlights list:
00:00:04:00 Rosella parrots perched on hats of visitors.
00:01:58:00 views over the sea from the cliff face.
00:02:55:00 example of 1970s style ‘flares’ as hiking trousers.
00:03:01:00 rocks and the sea.
00:03:34:00 group of children and adults fishing off the rocks.
00:04:29:00 walkers on a trail high above the sea.
00:05:00:00 hiking through a lush ‘treefern’ trail.
00:06:19:00 on the beach looking through binoculars at the camera.
00:07:32:00 hikers stopped on a wooden foot bridge and then walking thorugh trees and treeferns as well as along rocky paths
00:08:40:00 scenes of wide and wavy beaches and lush vegetation.
00:10:02:00 close up of a ‘bull-ant’
00:10:27:00 fishing from the sand on a beach
00:11:18:00 close up of a caterpillar followed by rocky beaches
00:13:02:00 hikers resting atop a rock
00:13:09:00 smoking a cigarette on a walking break
00:13:31:00 sign for ‘Oberon bay’
00:15:14:00 koalas in gum trees (Eucalypts)
00:16:05:00 close up of red parrot in amongst lush fern forest
00:18:16:00 signs for ‘Pillar Point’ and ‘Squeaky Beach’ followed by walkers going across a footbridge over shallow tidal waters.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003391
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Victoria
Animals & Wildlife → Sea birds
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Beaches
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Holidays
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Wilsons Promontory National Park (Vic.)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Beaches
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ocean waves
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rocks
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Sand
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Trees - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Vegetation and climate
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wild flowers - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilsons Promontory National Park (Vic.)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Winds
Crafts & Visual Arts → Cameras
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography
History → Clothing and dress - History
History → Women's clothing - History
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Beaches
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Hiking
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Outdoor recreation - Australia
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Walking
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Super 8mm film; Master
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy