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Lake Pedder

In Tasmania's wilderness, an alpine lake and its spectacular quartz beach are drowned - and the world's first Green party is born.
Year : 1997 | Total Duration : 30 Minutes | Producer : Anna Grieve, Steve Best
Director : Anna Grieve, Steve Best |
Interview segments on Lake Pedder from Dr. Peter Hay, Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Max Angus, artist and Hilary Edwards, Co-ordinator Pedder 2000.
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Access No. 143849 | 32 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Titles. Montage of stills of Lake Pedder, Tasmania
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Access No. 143850 | 39 secs | 1990s | Lake Pedder, Tasmania | © Les Southwell | Colour |
Interview Dr. Peter Hay, Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, on immense symbolic influence and iconic status of lake. Hilary Edwards, Coordinator Pedder 2000.
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Access No. 143851 | 31 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival misty scenic shots mountains surrounding Lake Pedder and artist Max Angus painting on edge of lake
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Access No. 143852 | 24 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Archives Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview artist, Max Angus about how the flooding of Lake Pedder was allowed to happen
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Access No. 143853 | 23 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of Hydro Electric Commission activity, grid being moved, bulldozer with continuous caterpillar tracks covered in mud, men working on platform using battering ram and one man with sledge hammer, miners in hard hats underground with drilling equipment, pipeline, water gushing from spillway
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Access No. 143854 | 31 secs | 1950s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Richard Flanagan, writer.
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Access No. 143855 | 24 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival dam and water over spillway and water through grill, electricity sparks between grids in power plant, hydro workers leaving power plant and interior shots of equipment, men at furnaces and shot of zinc production.
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Access No. 143856 | 24 secs | 1950s | Tas, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Kevin Kiernan, Geomorphologist
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Access No. 143857 | 17 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of bush walkers on mountains surrounding Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143858 | 31 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Ross Matthews | Colour |
Interview Hilary Edwards, Co-ordinator Pedder 2000.
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Access No. 143859 | 19 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143860 | 12 secs | 1970s | Lakes Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Archives Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview artist Max Angus
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Access No. 143861 | 8 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of people walking on shoreline of Lake Pedder beach, VS Lake Pedder, pair of walking boots hanging from rope to dry out.
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Access No. 143862 | 22 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Archives Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview Dr. Peter Hay, Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania,
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Access No. 143863 | 19 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of white multi-storey building on corner block - Hydro Electric Commission building. Men at drawing boards, flow recorders being lowered in to water
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Access No. 143864 | 22 secs | 1950s | Tas, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Sir Allan Knight, Commssioner HEC (Hydro Electric Commission) 1946-1977
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Access No. 143865 | 12 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of Allan Knight, Commssioner HEC (Hydro Electric Commission) 1946-1977 and others looking at model of Snowy Mountain hydro electric scheme.
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Access No. 143866 | 28 secs | 1950s | © Archives Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview Helen Gee, Coordinator Pedder 2000.
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Access No. 143867 | 18 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage man in white hard hat, siren, blasting earth and bulldozer pushing mounds of rock and rubble. Explosions in ground and yellow bulldozer down hillside, truck dumping gravel.
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Access No. 143868 | 24 secs | 1970s | © Unknown | Colour |
Car along newly cut road through wilderness in Gordon River area.
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Access No. 143869 | 15 secs | 1970s | Gordon River, Tas, Australia | © Archive Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview Max Angus, artist, and Hon Eric Reece, Premier Tasmania (1958-1969) and (1972-1975).
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Access No. 143870 | 55 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Map of Tasmania showing location of Lake Pedder. Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) 1965 television commercial "electricity makes life easier", including floor polisher, eggs in electric frypan, man using electric shaver, boy playing record and girl in original electric hair dryer of a plastic bag over hair and long flexible hose to dryer, family at laminex table
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Access No. 143871 | 42 secs | 1960s | © Hydro Electric Corporation | B&W |
Interview Dr Peter Hay, Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
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Access No. 143872 | 24 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival footage man presenting petition to Tasmanian Parliament in protest of flooding of Lake Pedder. Exterior Tasmanian House of Parliament. (1967)
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Access No. 143873 | 14 secs | 1960s | Hobart, Tas, Australia | © Unknown | B&W |
Graphic of alternate hydro electric scheme presented at Pedder Scheme, 3 with new dam placements.
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Access No. 143874 | 11 secs | 1990s | © Unknown | Colour |
Building of construction town Strathgordon in 1969 for hydro-electric scheme workers. Aerials of town.
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Access No. 143875 | 17 secs | 1960s | Strathgordon, Tas, Australia | © Peter Richman | Colour |
Mountains surrounding Lake Pedder and people alighting plane on sand
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Access No. 143876 | 6 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © ABC | Colour |
Archival footage of Olegas Truchanas with camera on tripod at Lake Pedder.
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Access No. 143877 | 11 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Archives Office of Tasmania | Colour |
Interview Max Angus, artists. Slide projector and reel to reel tape recorder
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Access No. 143878 | 47 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Collage of Olegas Truchanas still photography of the Lake Pedder district
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Access No. 143879 | 29 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder , Tas, Australia | © Melva Truchanas | Colour |
Interview Dr Kevin Kiernan, Geomorphologist
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Access No. 143880 | 19 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Newspaper article from Tasmanian newspaper, The Mercury, showing 1969 election results
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Access No. 143881 | 5 secs | 1960s | Tas, Australia | © Mercury Newspaper | B&W |
Archival footage of photographers under umbrellas. Liberal leader, Angus Bethune steps out of car. Explosion and earth moving equipment.
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Access No. 143882 | 20 secs | 1970s | Tas, Australia | © Peter Richman | Colour |
Interview writer, Richard Flanagan
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Access No. 143883 | 23 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival footage Lake Pedder action committee
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Access No. 143884 | 28 secs | 1970s | © ABC Footage Sales | Colour |
Interview Kevin Kiernan, Geomorphologist
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Access No. 143885 | 23 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival protest march against flooding of Lake Pedder. Aerials of lake with plane landing on beach.
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Access No. 143886 | 57 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © ABC Footage Sales | Colour |
Interview Helen Gee, Co-ordinator Pedder 2000 and Dr Bob Brown, Senator, The Australian Greens
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Access No. 143887 | 35 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival polling leaflets for April 1972 state election, including Brenda Hean for Franklin, Campaigners handing out leaflets. Conservation campaign headquarters in main street of Hobart.
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Access No. 143888 | 27 secs | 1970s | Tas, Australia | © ABC | B&W |
Interview Dr Bob Walker, Physician.
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Access No. 143889 | 27 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival of man spraying concrete wall. Attorney-General Merv Everett and Hon Eric Reece walking along street
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Access No. 143890 | 25 secs | 1970s | © ABC | B&W |
B/W archival of flooded Lake Pedder and protesters
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Access No. 143891 | 1 min 1 sec | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Unknown | B&W |
Interview Kevin Kiernan, Geomorphologist
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Access No. 143892 | 17 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival of protester, Brenda Hean.
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Access No. 143893 | 20 secs | 1970s | © ABC | B&W |
B/W archival light plane in the sky, newspaper clipping about search for plane. Exterior Department Civil Aviation building. People around desk waiting for information and people studying search map
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Access No. 143894 | 25 secs | 1970s | © Unknown | B&W |
Interview Kevin Kiernan,Geomorphologist
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Access No. 143895 | 16 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of photographers and Labor Party in front of Parliament House at 1972 election. Dr Moss Cass, Minister for the Environment 1972-1975, on motorboat on Lake Pedder. Flooded lake
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Access No. 143896 | 33 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © ABC | Colour |
Interview Dr Moss Cass, Minister for the Environment (1972-1975), Dr Bob Walker and the Hon. Eric Reece, Premier of Tasmania (1958-1969) (1972-1975)
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Access No. 143897 | 1 min 3 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Flooded Lake Pedder from a boat
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Access No. 143898 | 15 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © Unknown | Colour |
Aerials Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143899 | 30 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder,Tas, Australia | © Unknown | Colour |
Interview Kevin Kiernan,Geomorphologist, Max Angus, artist and Sir Allan Knight, Commissioner Hydro Electric Commission (1946-1977)
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Access No. 143900 | 1 min 10 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Lake Pedder and edge of dam wall and opening of the Gordon Power Scheme by Govenor of Tasmania in 1978
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Access No. 143902 | 50 secs | 1970s | Tas, Australia | © ABC Footage Sales | Colour |
Interview Helen Gee, Co-ordinator Pedder 2000 and Dr Peter Hay Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
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Access No. 143903 | 36 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Protesters on rafts at night, Wilderness Society banner
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Access No. 143904 | 3 secs | 1970s | Tas, Australia | © abc | Colour |
Protesters on rafts in fight to save the Franklin River 1983 and protest marches in city streets. British environmentalist, David Bellamy taking part in protest and speaking to journalist. Protesters blocking bulldozers on Franklin. Scuffle between protesters and hydro electric workers.
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Access No. 143905 | 11 secs | 1970s | Franklin River, Tas, Australia | © ABC | Colour |
Interview Dr Bob Brown, Senator, The Australian Greens
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Access No. 143906 | 41 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of water skiers, yachts and people fishing from small motorboat on Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143907 | 25 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas Australia | © Unknown | Colour |
Interview Dr Bob Walker, Physician
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Access No. 143908 | 15 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerials of new Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143909 | 16 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © ABC | Colour |
Interview Dr Peter Hay, Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, The Hon. Eric Reece (Premier of Tasmania 1958-1969, 1972-1975)
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Access No. 143910 | 23 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Diver into water and underwater footage of Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143911 | 43 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Australia | © ABC Footage Sales | Colour |
Interview artist, Max Angus
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Access No. 143912 | 23 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Montage of still photography (four images) of Lake Pedder
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Access No. 143913 | 20 secs | 1970s | Lake Pedder, Tas, Ausralia | © Les Southwell | Colour |
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