Australia's Woolly West 1930

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Queensland, Australia. Story about large sheep stations in the outback.

Low angle shot of an aircraft in the sky. The biplane comes into land. "This is the country over which Miss Amy Johnson passed en route from Port Darwin to Sydney." L/S of herd of cattle standing by the aircraft.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36414
Sort Number:
EP 151
Time in/Out:
01:27:21:00 / 01:29:24:00
Canister:
EP 151
Film ID:
898.16
Issue Date:
23/06/1930

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