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Tropic Garden

A scenic travelogue featuring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef and the attractions of northern Queensland.
Year : 1938 | Total Duration : 10 Minutes |
Director : G. A. Gamon |
People walking along tropical beach, ocean bay and islands, palm trees, people on holidays walking along sandy palm tree-lined track in striped one piece swimming costume or bathers, group of men and women run to beach, rowing boat of women in cloche hats and dressed in shirts, ties and cardigans approaching beach, then carrying catch of large fish, huts made of grasses
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Access No. 39842 | 1 min 42 secs | 1930s | Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Annette Kellerman (swimmer) runs from grass huts towards beach, joins Aboriginal man and woman on beach looking at large turtle. Annette stands on turtle's back. Holiday makers on beach, row boats taking people out to cruiser and bringing them onshore. People walking up gang plank to beach
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Access No. 39843 | 33 secs | 1930s | Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Woman in cloche hat holding spotted lobster, crayfish, with young boy in swimming costume, people in shallow water looking at coral & tropical fish through glass frame. Underwater footage of tropical fish, coral, small crab, moorish idle fish, butterfly cod, firefish, sea horse fish,
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Access No. 39844 | 1 min 39 secs | 1930s | Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
People on beach watching small boat coming ashore, large container vessel and ship anchored at sea, sun reflecting off water. Cairns from the shoreline.
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Access No. 39845 | 30 secs | 1930s | Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Train passing Rob's Monument in hinterland behind Cairns passing through Barron Valley, Barron Gorge, Stoney Creek Falls, people on the bridge watching the falls, train across the bridge, Kuranda, Barron Falls & Barron river, people in row boats above falls
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Access No. 39846 | 2 mins 27 secs | 1930s | Cairns, Barron Falls, Kuranda, Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Tourists walking through ÒFairylandÓ full of tropical vegetation, palm trees, ferns, climbing Governor Goodwin's lookout, looking down Kuranda & Barron River & Atherton Tablelands, open touring car driving along Range Road
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Access No. 39847 | 47 secs | 1930s | Cairns, Barron Falls, Kuranda, Atherton, Great Barrier Reef, North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Bullock team carting huge logs from rain forest across wooden bridge over river, bullock team through shallow creek.
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Access No. 39848 | 45 secs | 1930s | North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Aborigines walking through rain forest with pieces of green unseasoned cane, one proceeds to climb giant tree using green cane. Racist commentary. Tree kangaroo climbing strand of Strangling Fig, Aboriginal man also climbing Strangling Fig tee, tree kangaroo climbing tree, kangaroo on ground being held by tail. Strangler fig tree, people with open touring car.
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Access No. 39849 | 2 mins 41 secs | 1930s | North Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia