Magazine items: Bush Hostel: the dingo-proof fence which runs along the border of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia is patrolled and repaired. The Todd family live on the job and the three children have been taught by correspondence but are now able to attend school for the first time. Tea and Sugar Train: Fifty maintenance camps are scattered along the Trans Continental Railway which runs along the Nullabor Plain. Weekly trains bring essential supplies and news to families at these lonely outposts. No other credits available.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000887
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Nullarbor Plain (S. Aust. and W.A.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transcontinental Railway (Sth Aust. and N.T.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Distance education
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)