Film Australia's Outback, 1976, compilation, Film Australia.
The Heart of Australia depicts a tour in central Australia in 1928 and gives an insight into the attitudes of the day towards Aboriginal people.
School in the Mailbox (1946) shows how Australians triumphed over distance, educating the children of the outback by correspondence.
In Journey of a Nation (John Heyer, 1947) acclaimed producer/director John Heyer transforms a film about the standardisation of rail gauges into a heroic poem to the nation.
Outback Patrol (Lee Robinson, 1952) narrated by Chips Rafferty, describes the annual patrol of a policeman across the Northern Territory.
In Thylungra (1960) Australia’s largest sheep station hosts a sports day fundraiser.
Desert People (1966) tells of a day in the life of a nomadic Aboriginal family in the Western Desert.
Living Way Out (1976) examines life in an isolated ‘company town’.
Outback Supply (1977) follows a truck driver and his four-year-old son on their long dusty journey delivering mail and provisions to outlying properties.
In Saturday (1979) a shearer, his wife and six children leave their farmhouse at daybreak for the week’s big event—a visit to the nearest town.
The Land of the Lightning Brothers (1987) features spectacular Aboriginal rock art depicting ancestral beings from the Dreaming.
The Last Great Cattle Drive (1988) pays tribute to Australia’s drovers.
Where Dead Men Lie (Keith Gow, 1972) is a short drama based on a ‘script’ [*] written by Henry Lawson in 1896 [#] in the earliest days of moving pictures. [* scenario] [# 1898?]
The Story of Rosy Dock (1995) is an award-winning animation that reveals the unexpected consequences of a woman bringing seeds from her birthplace to plant in her new home in the central Australian desert.
Bush Mechanics - The Rainmakers (2001) follows young Aboriginal men in an old Ford V8 as they journey to Broome in search of pearl shells to break a severe drought
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