FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Man dressed in Plus Fours with two boomerangs in his hand introduces the film. WS cruise ship docked at Circular Quay. Various shots of city street scenes with pedestrians and traffic. Steam train passes through station. WS Adelaide busy city street. Steam train travelling through Heavitree Gap, NT. WS Alice Springs. View of Alice Springs main street of dirt with tree growing in middle of main thoroughfare. Alice Springs Post Telegraph Office. Residents read their mail as they walk out of the Post Office. 

Camel train laden with supplies rides across desert landscape. Expedition of prospectors. They are led by Aboriginal guides. Bob Buck, famous Central Australian bush man and leader of the expedition rides on his camel behind the camel train. 

Men climb Castle Rock. They reach peak and wave to camera . Views of Glen Helen Gorge. Two men, one Aboriginal, prospecting for gold. Group of men standing in Gorge.

WS of Hermannsburg Mission Station. Thatched roofed huts. Group of Aboriginal children towards camera. Children running out of classroom. (Commentary - ÒPour out... just like ants out of an ant hillÓ). Aboriginal families living in shanty dwellings. Commentary

Group of Aboriginal men prepare themselves for a corroboree. They perform the snake, kangaroo and emu dances (restricted images). The expedition members carrying long spears dance around a gramophone mimicking the corroboree dancers. Aboriginal guide, Jackie Jackie stands on top of ridge surveying the view over the MacDonnell Ranges. View over valley.

Tourists board two cars loaded with luggage for a trip from Alice Springs to Central Australia. Cars drive over dry river beds. Camp site on the dry bed of Finke River with camels and tents. Tourists with local Aboriginal men ride on camels and horses through Palm Valley. Tourists walk through Palm Valley. Men sitting under a canvas canopy at tables are served tea. Nearby a group of Aboriginal men eat their meal around a camp fire. Truck bogged on dry bed of Finke River. Tourists push the car.