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We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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'Central Australian Scenes' Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory 1956-1957.

Archive Collections / Board for Anthropological Research / Series AA346/09 / 'Central Australian Scenes' Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory 1956-1957.
BAR Expedition Symbol: Y & AB

This is the first of two final film productions documenting the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) expeditions to Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, 11 August - 1 September 1956 and during unknown dates in August 1957.

The cinematographer was AA Abbie (AA 688) with assistance from GD Walsh.

The party visited localities in the Northern Territory including: Alice Springs, MacDonnell Ranges, Mount Conway, Stanley Chasm, Mount Gillen, Simpson's Gap, Mount Quinn, Mount Conner, Curtain Springs, Uluru - Ayers Rock, Mount Olga, Derwent Creek, Glen Helen Gorge, Finke River, Mount Wedge, Papunya, Yulumbara, Haasts Bluff, Mt Liebig, Mungaraka, Blanch Tower, Tulliputta, Gosse Bluff, Areyonga, Palm Valley, The Amphitheatre, Battleship Rock, Jay Creek.

Keywords: Flynn Memorial Church, John Flynn's Grave, Radio Communication, Settlements, Homesteads, Shelters, Kangaroos, WE Harney, Constructing Papunya Settlement, Wildflowers, Aircraft, Cattle.

Tindale Tribes: Pitjandjara; Pintubi


  1. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, SCREENING PRINT, COPY 1.
    Characteristics: 16mm, colour, silent, 800ft.

  2. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, SCREENING PRINT, COPY 2.
    Characteristics: 16mm, colour, silent, 800ft.

  3. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, OFFCUTS & TITLES.
    Characteristics: 16mm, colour, silent, 350ft.

  4. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, MASTER PRESERVATION COPY
    Format: SP Betacam
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/1

  5. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, DUBBING / LOAN COPY
    Format: Digital Betacam
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/4

  6. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, PRESERVATION DVD 1 [TIME CODED]
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/5

  7. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, PRESERVATION DVD 2
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/5

  8. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, ACCESS DVD 3 [TIME CODED]
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/6

  9. 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SCENES,' HAASTS BLUFF, NT, 1956-1957, ACCESS DVD 4
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 19 min 41 sec
    Transfer Date: 1/07/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 346/9/18/1/7

  • AA Abbie field diaries 1956 and 1957 held in Special Collection, Barr-Smith Library, University of Adelaide.

  • Copy of 'Journal of a visit to Haasts Bluff, Central Australia. 11 August - 1 September, 1956. By Norman B Tindale'. (AA 338/4/34)

Creator: Board for Anthropological Research
Control: AA 346/9/18/1
Date Range:  11 August, 1956  -  01 August, 1957
Quantity:  23cm,   9   film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs
Series:  AA346/09
Tindale Tribes:
Pitjandjara