Australian diary. No. 014

Australia, 1948

Film
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Victoria converts brown coal to power and light at Yallourn in the Latrobe Valley. The mechanisation of Australia’s wheat farms from harvesting to transporting wheat to the silos is shown as the country celebrates a bumper crop. Army Minister revies a parade of school cadets from high and public schools at Ingleburn Camp near Sydney. Fairbridge Farm School at Molong in New South Wales helps new migrants create a future in their adopted country.

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producer/director

Jack S. Allan

production company

Australian National Film Board

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1948

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