All you have to do is dig

Throughout the year “fossickers” fill the mining towns of Coober Pedy, Andamooka and Lightning Ridge in Central Australia, searching for opals to make their fortune. The professional miners with their bizarre mining machinery, the casual people and the “noodlers” - weekend searchers.

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Credits

production company

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1969

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000285

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Opal mines and mining

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia, Central

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Places → Australia, Central

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Australia, 1969

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