FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

(Can 1) - Titles for ÒForest WealthÓ

(Can 1) - HAS forest, captions refer to natural beauty of forest. Pan across forest, trees & birds. CU tree trunks. Pan down very high waterfall. Pan down tree trunks. Two men sawing fallen tree with two-handled saw. Two aboriginal men sitting in forest making fire fade into swagman sitting in same spot with horse, boiling billy can on fire.

(Can 1) - Forest of tall trees. Caption refers to destruction of forest. Man chopping (barking) tree with axe. Forest of dead trees and burnt trees. Trees being felled. Map of NSW showing shrinking size of forests. Caption refers to resulting erosion of soil and increase in insect pests. Bare hillside showing soil erosion due to deforestation. Man chopping tree with axe . Inside tree, damage caused by white ants.

(Can 1) - Caption refers to first people interested in conservation. Portrait of Sir Henry Parks who established a Department of Forestry in 1889. Photograph of J H Maiden, government botanist. Photograph of Alex Kethel MLC, political advocate of forest preservation. Photograph of William Houston, Public Lands Administrator

(Can 1) - Caption refers to appointment of surveyor in 1895. Re - enactment? men with horse drawn carts in forest , men on forestry survey. Surveyors setting up tents in camp. Food being cooked. Men turn in to tents. One sleeps under tree, wakes with surprise, CU possum in tree, man moves, watches koala in tree before turning in to tent.

(Can 1) - Re-enactment. Camp of tents in forest. Man makes campfire and rouses others. Dog playing. Set off into forest with survey equipment