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Wild Australia

Reveals many little-known facts about some of Australia's most well-known native animals.
Year : 1987 | Total Duration : 58 Minutes | Producer : John Shaw
Director : John Shaw |
Zoom out from brush-tailed possum, GS wombat foraging, brief shot of nail-tailed wallaby peering from behind rock, MS and zoom on Tasmanian Devil. CU orange face of cuscus and CU of silhouetted insect caught in web. MS possum racing up eucalypt tree trunk. MS young koala climbing tree branch tilt to older koala above.
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Access No. 123777 | 43 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
VS albino koala in tree, CU possum with tail curled around tree trunk stretching out from tree. tilt to tree kangaroo on branch. Track of Great Frigatebird in flight. Quick CU of tree kangaroo and CU koala running with young on back.
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Access No. 132509 | 25 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
GS track of platypus over rocks and into pond. CU platypus in stream of water over rocks. Platypus down rock face diving into pond. High angle shot over platypus foraging for food in pond. GS numbat near log. Good ECU snout of upside-down flying fox then FS snout and eyes. CU flying fox clambering onto branch and slow-motion of flying.
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Access No. 132510 | 35 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
CU dunnart, high angle shot of bilby digging, CU quoll (or native cat). CU Tasmanian echidna, CU hairy-nosed wombat scratching. CU spiny echidna stuck on back with long tongue flicking. CU lizards. Track of large white bird (probably gannet) rising on wind thermals.
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Access No. 132511 | 24 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
Track over masses of tiny red crabs over white sand and CUs of same. CU track of crab with pincers raised to camera walking sideways into mangrove. CU crocodile in shallows towards camera. GS crocodile in muddy river.
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Access No. 132512 | 17 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
VS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW walking from river to camera and talking to camera.
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Access No. 132513 | 1 min 51 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
WS looking up to koalas silhouetted in trees. CUs koalas in eucalyptus trees eating leaves, sleeping and resting. Comparison of colours of koalas in different regions of Australia. CU koala's claws on branches and GS small branch bending right over with koala's weight. CU koala eating gum leaves.
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Access No. 132514 | 1 min 14 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
MS koala climbing down tree and track following koala walking quickly along ground on all fours. Track of koala running along ground through bush undergrowth and track of it climbing tree. CU koala up to ears in water slowly swimming to submerged tree branch and zoom out of it climbing higher.
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Access No. 132515 | 51 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
MS koala in tree and CUs of koalas chewing leaves. Low angle shot to koala sitting in tree top. CU koala in tree bellowing at mating time and CU of female koala squealing and chasing off male suitor. ECU newly born koala and newborn moving into mother's pouch. Good CU koala's nose and eyes with tilt down to older baby nestled in pouch.
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Access No. 132516 | 2 mins 28 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
CU young koala in pouch. CU pale coloured young koala climbing on mother and eating gum leaves. MS small koala climbing tree trunk unaided. GS mother koala with baby on back clinging to horizontal branch. GS track following koala walking on ground with baby mounting her back. CU koalas in trees and GS koala rapidly climbing trunk.
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Access No. 132517 | 1 min 39 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
VS Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW walking from river to camera and talking to camera about the platypus.
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Access No. 132518 | 23 secs | 1980s | Australia, Papua New Guinea | © NFSA | Colour |
Track following platypus over flat rock surface. Platypus swimming with stream flowing over rocks towards camera. Zoom out from rocks, river and small waterfalls. MS waterfall. CUs wet platypus squirming and struggling in hands of person who keeps hold of it by tail. GS platypus swimming in pool and quick shot swimming underwater.
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Access No. 132519 | 59 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs platypus' spurs seen under tail. CU platypus' bill and face with ECU of nostrils in bill. MS platypus swimming underwater past yabby. MS platypus swimming over stones and locating yabby and eating it. CU unusual view of platypus' bill partially open horny inner pads. CU platypus' knuckles and MS walking on knuckles over rock
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Access No. 132520 | 1 min 23 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow-motion of platypus walking over rock platform shot from behind. High angle shots of platypus scurrying down rocks, having brief swim in pool then continuing downwards over rocks down to river. Track following platypus underwater. VS platypus foraging in water. Zoom out from platypus rising to river surface.
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Access No. 132521 | 2 mins 14 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs platypus entering burrow and cut-away side view of platypus climbing up burrow interior and encountering another one which chases it back out into river. Illustrations of platypus nesting burrow. Zoom out from platypus to LS swimming on water surface and high shot of pair in courting ritual under water surface. Slow-motion platypus diving leaving air bubbles.
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Access No. 132523 | 1 min 12 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs platypus being held upside-down by tail to camera. CU female platypus' opening. ECU two platypus eggs. MS platypus making way out of hole in riverbank. MS high angle shot of platypus over rocks and into stream. GS platypus swimming underwater and MS high angle of same.
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Access No. 132524 | 42 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs graphics of platypus development. VS platypuses swimming in shallow streams. CU platypus surfacing in clear stream water trailing air bubbles from nostrils and track of platypus over rocks and grasses. GS platypus over rocks and entering foamy river water. WS waterfall.
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Access No. 132525 | 51 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW talking to camera about the echidna.
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Access No. 132526 | 12 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU echidna shuffling over grass and zoom out to echidna in landscape of grass with palm trees in background. CU track of long-beaked echidna of New Guinea walking through mud. MS and CUs of long-beaked echidna on fallen log searching out insects with beak.
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Access No. 132527 | 58 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Very good CU of short-beaked echidna looking at camera and CU track as it walks. Slow zoom to echidna walking over flat rise and ECUs of echidna quills on a variety of examples. ECU echidna's eye. Track of echidna over logs and another waddling over grass away from camera and across grass.
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Access No. 132528 | 1 min 20 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU echidna entering water and CU swimming periodically raising snout out to breathe. MS track echidna walking in profile along log and track of echidna sliding down log. VS echidna falling off end of log with CU to echidna curled into ball on back then righting itself.
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Access No. 132529 | 51 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom to echidna burying itself in ground with just spines visible. Zoom out from echidna mostly buried with spines looking like tuft of grass. ECUs of echidna's ear and eye. CU echidna looking down from rock.
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Access No. 132530 | 49 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS scientific experiment to determine how echidna's behaviour can be modified. VS echidna in experiments. WS snow-covered alpine landscape. Zoom to echidna walking quickly over snow covered ground. CU walking over snow. CUs echidna foraging in mossy green landscape.
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Access No. 132531 | 1 min 21 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow-motion ECU echidna's long pink tongue flicking picking up ants. CU echidna's face and VS with termites. High angle echidna walking and GS drinking from small stream. CU echidna on back and ECU female's pouch. CU person parting pouch to reveal egg. ECU egg.
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Access No. 132532 | 1 min 11 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA/CSIRO | Colour |
Zoom to graphic of echidna embryo and ECUs of baby emerging from egg and dragging itself from pouch to milk patch. CUs of baby echidnas at various stages of development vigorously sucking. ECU of bare white baby held in person's fingers.
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Access No. 132533 | 42 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA/CSIRO | Colour |
VS mother echidna with fully quilled young walking over grass. Zoom to echidna walking in green landscape with palm trees.
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Access No. 132534 | 23 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW walking from river to camera and talking to camera about the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger).
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Access No. 132535 | 1 min 8 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of the last thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) in captivity in a Tasmanian Zoo. VS thylacine yawning, pacing around cage, laying down and eating.
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Access No. 132536 | 58 secs | 1980s | Tas, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW walking from river to camera and talking to camera about the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) and the numbat.
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Access No. 132537 | 44 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECUs numbat's ears, eye and nose. CUs numbat in person's hand and CU pan along body to bushy tail. WS with numbat walking alongside fallen log. MS and CUs numbat eating termites from dead log. ECU numbat's nose and good CU of its face in profile. CUs of numbat's tongue darting around termite shelfs. ECUs termites.
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Access No. 132538 | 1 min 47 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
X-ray footage of a numbat feeding. MS juvenile numbat chewing food. CUs numbat eating termites from log. CU ant. GS numbat poking with front paw under log. MS carpet snake on ground. GS numbat going into log and log POV snake. Carpet snake towards camera. WS track of numbat running from camera.
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Access No. 132539 | 1 min 22 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU numbats mating. Good CUs of numbat's face. CU female numbat's teats and ECUs of embryonic numbat young on teats. ECUs of baby numbats with thin coat of hair. Zoom out from numbat with baby on back and VS babies clambering on mother's back. CU juvenile numbat feeding on termites.
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Access No. 132540 | 2 mins 10 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
X-ray footage of a numbat feeding. MS juvenile numbat chewing food. CUs numbat eating termites from log. CU ant. GS numbat poking with front paw under log. MS carpet snake on ground. GS numbat going into log and log POV snake. Carpet snake towards camera. WS track of numbat running from camera.
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Access No. 132541 | -1 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from numbat on ground near fallen tree.
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Access No. 132542 | 9 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW talking to camera about kangaroos.
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Access No. 132543 | 51 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS pair of kangaroos. High angle track of red kangaroo hopping over outback landscape. WS track following quokka up sand dune with zoom out to Rottnest Island, WA. VS kangaroos sitting in grass and track of kangaroo through long grasses in forest. Aerial track over kangaroo through red outback landscape.
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Access No. 132544 | 1 min 21 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU hind legs and tail of kangaroo in motion POV from underbelly. Aerial track of kangaroo through green bushes and red outback soil. Track of potoroo running across green grass with slow-motion footage showing it jumping rather than running. CUs of bettong on forest floor.
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Access No. 132545 | 1 min 24 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS forest wallaby of Papua New Guinea. CU of Parma wallaby. CU of nail-tailed wallaby and ECU of spur on tail. MS of nail-tailed wallaby hopping. VS tree kangaroos on boughs and zooms to tree kangaroos climbing trees. GS tree kangaroo leaping from one tree to another.
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Access No. 132546 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS mob of grey kangaroos hopping across beach with forest in background. GS large mob of kangaroos jumping through open forest. GS red kangaroos under trees and CU pregnant female washing pouch. CUs baby kangaroo being born then crawling on belly to pouch. ECUs on teat. ECUs baby in pouch.
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Access No. 132547 | 1 min 50 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA/CSIRO | Colour |
CUs joeys in pouch. Zoom in across outback grasslands to kangaroos perched on enormous boulders.
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Access No. 132548 | 31 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW talking to camera.
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Access No. 132549 | 22 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good aerial WS and pans over wide flat outback landscapes. Aerial view of Uluru. LS tracks of herd of Arabian camels in grassy outback landscape. Hazy MS camels past camera. VS herds of camels running through outback landscapes. Various MS and CUs camels. MS track of camels walking through long grasses.
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Access No. 132550 | 2 mins 27 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU camels hoofs and CUs of faces. ECUs horny calicites on leg joints of camels. CU camel chewing. Track of female camel with two young running through outback grasslands. GS man in white clothes and turban mounting seated camel and riding away with tow other camels tethered in train.
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Access No. 132551 | 1 min 26 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS camel rider in white clothes and turban leading camel train through bush and dry rivers in outback. Archival colour footage from film ÒDead HeartÓ, 1939. VS Aboriginal couple driving camel train through outback to Anna Creek Station. WS old wagons in desert. Slow-motion WS wild camels running across desert.
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Access No. 132552 | 2 mins 22 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW talking to camera about crocodiles.
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Access No. 132553 | 18 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from crocodile on grass with mouth slightly open. MS and CU of crocodile. WS herons taking flight from water. GS freshwater crocodile and GS saltwater crocodile laying still on shore then track of crocodile into sea. Track through swampy tropical forest and CU crocodile emerging from swamp towards camera.
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Access No. 132554 | 1 min 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Track of magpie goose in flight and landing in swamp reeds. Ws pan across wetlands and WS caves behind trees. Aboriginal with ranger and caucasian looking at rock paintings. CUs crocodile rock painting. WS crocodile semi submerged in mossy swamp and GS dingo walking around undergrowth. MS crocodile seizing dingo carcass and thrashing it in water. Ws flock of birds taking flight.
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Access No. 132555 | 1 min 17 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU man's nose and WS man firing rifle from forest undergrowth at crocodile in water. VS crocodile hunter, Henry Hanush stalking and shooting crocodiles. WS large flock of birds taking flight. Hannish laying out 12- foot female dead crocodile on river bank and measuring her length with his open hand. CU Hanush's face.
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Access No. 132556 | 1 min 16 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS crocodile hunter wading into wetland water to retrieve small freshwater crocodile floating under water surface. Tracks over muddy ground in Papua New Guinean crocodile farm enclosure with crocodiles running from camera. CU approaching crocodile's wide open mouth. VS small crocodile fighting capture as men attempt to weigh and measure it. MS crocodile in sling.
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Access No. 132557 | 1 min 14 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS researcher prodding saltwater crocodile with pole and CU crocodile's snout, teeth and eye looking at camera. MS rear half of female saltwater crocodile using rear leg to make a muddy nest for her eggs. Good CUs of crocodile's foot digging. MS crocodile egg. CU track along sleeping crocodile. CUs baby crocodiles hatching from eggs. Good CUs of baby crocodiles.
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Access No. 132558 | 1 min 49 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs saltwater crocodile and wide open mouth. Good CU pan along spikey tail as crocodile slides into water.
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Access No. 132559 | 33 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS moustached man in felt hat, Michael Archer from the Zoology Department of the University of NSW talking to camera about crocodiles. End credits
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Access No. 132560 | 1 min 18 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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