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Centennial Park

Traces the historical development of Sydney's Centennial Park.
Year : 1979 | Total Duration : 21 Minutes | Producer : Don Murray
Director : Susan Doring |
Black swan in lake at Centennial Park. Cannon in Centennial Park. Centennial Park at sunset. Centennial Park. Centennial Park.
Cyclists and people riding horses in Centennial Park. Lake in Sydney's Centennial Park. Large house across the road from Centennial Park. People riding horses in Centennial Park. Schoolchildren with teacher walking past a sandstone house in Centennial Park.
Statue in Centennial Park. Sydney city at night.
POV water across lake in early dawn light, intercut with horse being groomed, black swans on water with cygnets, other water birds. Ranger grooming horse, mounts and trots away at sunrise, opens gates to Centennial Park. Opening titles. HAS across park and surrounding suburbs (from Telecom Tower, Waverley).
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Access No. 126631 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
LAS across waterlilies, trees, ducks at sunrise. Ducks and pelican washing themselves in water and other birds. Pelicans and other water birds in morning light. Early morning joggers, people walking dogs, woman horse riding (no helmet), Traffic past park on Oxford Street and CU vehicles through gates.
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Access No. 126661 | 1 min 44 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Re enactment cattle grazing next to water as Lachlan Swamps in 1811 (shot in 1979 in sepia). POV across water and fade from sepia into colour. Aerial Centennial Park over lakes.
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Access No. 126662 | 46 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Six still drawings of Sydney around 1826. CU still drawing of John Busby, civil engineer commissioned to make tunnel for waterway from Lachlan Swamps (Centennial Park) to the race course (Hyde Park).
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Access No. 126681 | 32 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
POV from boat across water and waterlilies of lake. Still drawings of convicts (3 shots) used to make tunnel for waterway from Lachlan Swamps (Centennial Park) to the race course (Hyde Park). Still photograph tunnel known as Busby's Bore. Painting of standpipe and water in Hyde Park.
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Access No. 126682 | 44 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Water sprinklers in Centennial Park, tractor and trailer driving behind. Small children looking for tadpoles dipping nets into water, turtle underwater seen from above, dog swimming. Good CU's pelicans, moor hens and ducks amongst reeds.
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Access No. 126683 | 51 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan still photograph land clearance for Centennial Park in late 1880's. Still drawing Governor of NSW Lord Carrington. POV driving through park (1979). Pan still photograph of land clearance (1880's) . Aerial Centennial Park, across suburbs to city. POV driving through park. Person walking dogs. VS railing and gates showing detail. Aerials showing water and avenues of trees. LS ducks on water (1979).
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Access No. 126684 | 1 min 18 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Two still photographs of early Centennial Park around 1900 showing roads. Movietone News item on veteran car rally from Centennial Park to the Blue Mountains (1959) , people in period dress. Movietone News item on professional bicycle race around Centennial Park (1954).
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Access No. 126685 | 39 secs | 1950s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Filmworld | B&W |
Group of racing cyclists towards camera with and without helmets.
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Access No. 126686 | 11 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Movietone News items on veteran car rally from Centennial Park to the Blue Mountains (1959) , people in period dress and professional bicycle race around Centennial Park (1954).
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Access No. 126687 | 14 secs | 1950s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Still drawing cannons fired for Centenary of settlement in Australia 26 January 1888. Still photograph governors and officials in Centennial Park. CU Lord Carrington, Governor of NSW. CU photograph of commemorative plaque.
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Access No. 126688 | 22 secs | 1880s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
People from multi cultural backgrounds enjoying family barbecue in Centennial Park, probably southern European. CU's steak being cooked, fish grilled, food and people eating, children, baby in stroller, families relaxing, nun amongst them. Remote controlled model yachts sailed on lake. Toddler running in grass. CU goose. People relaxing. Moor hens, pelicans, children climb trees and play musical statues.
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Access No. 126689 | 2 mins 12 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
1 January 1901. Archival footage Federation celebrations in Centennial Park, soldiers marching, floats, officials in carriages. Pan still photograph park and crowds. Archival footage officials up steps including Governor General Lord Hopetoun and members of first federal cabinet. Montage still photographs of people and footage of mounted soldiers on parade and officials down steps.
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Access No. 126690 | 1 min 44 secs | 1900s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Statues and memorials of Federation ceremony of 1901 in park, includes Henry Parkes and Dickens, school boy cricket in background. Man and dog seated on grass, man playing flute. Children on swings and HAS playground, CU's down slide. Children climbing cannon.
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Access No. 126691 | 1 min 10 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photographs tennis in Centennial Park, 5 September 1915. Contemporary shots two men flying kites, they laugh together 1979. .
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Access No. 126692 | 36 secs | | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Movietone News item open air concert in Centennial Park (May 1950). Large crowd of twenty-five-thousand people. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is heard playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture conducted by Eugene Goosens and accompanied by cannons of the Royal Australian Artillery Regiment.
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Access No. 126693 | 1 min 22 secs | 1950s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
VS Empty park at dusk. Through sun lit grasses. Avenue of trees. Memorial. People gathering up picnic to leave. Man riding horse (no helmet), it is startled by car. Sun setting through trees and over water. HAS city pan to park (from Telecom Tower, Waverley). Ranger closing gates, locking chains, drives off in ultility truck (ute).
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Access No. 126694 | 2 mins 22 secs | 1970s | Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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