Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

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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00:06 The Western Track to…Hamilton Downs, Haast Bluff, Mt. Zonda, Palm Valley, Stanley Chasm. [Titlecard].

00:14 The glory of the rising sun finds a silver lining in every cloud and transforms the earth to red and gold.

00:20 Dark morning sky as the sun rises.

00:36 Perspective from the front of the car driving down a dirt track road with golden flora either side of the road. In the distance, a mountain range is visible.

00:42 Two Australian Aboriginal men stand operating a large orange machine to dig hole for water?

00:47 Two Road signs. One reads; Mt-Doreen, Stock Route. The other road sign pointing away from the camera reads; 34 M Dashwood Bore Haast Bluff.

00:49 Close up of the Dashwood Bore-Haast Bluff road sign.

00:57 Mount Doreen (?) viewed in the distance across a golden yellow field in front.

01:02 A large group of Australian Aboriginal women and children gather around a table with their backs to the camera.

01:06 An older white women is cooking some meat on a barbeque on the other side of the table while the group of women and children watch on.

01:12 The woman begins to organise the men, women and children in some sort of order ready to review the food. She points in many directions with the knife she was cooking with.

01:17 A brief shot of an Australian Aboriginal woman carrying a cooking put with her young child sitting on her shoulders.

01:18 Shot taken of a white homestead standing alone in a desert landscape, surrounded by red sand.

01:23 Man in khaki shorts and shirt begins to climb up a mountain (Mt. Doreen?) with a rubble surface as a dog stands behind him.

01:25 From the cairn Mt. Doreen, we discern on the horizon Mt. Singleton and Mt. Davenport, each a full 50 miles away.

01:34 A younger thin man wearing a trilby hat and blazer stands next to a tree trunk, pointing off camera. Dog walks past camera.

01:38 Shot of homestead previously mentioned, this time of higher up, revealing other mountain ranges in the background.

01:47 Zoomed in perspective of homestead focusing on the belongings and gadgets around the homestead before panning up to reveal the mountain ranges in the near distance.

02:02 A group of 10 cats sit near a door on the homestead.

02:08 A plane flies over-head.

02:11 Plane lands – camera tracks its landing on the ground.

02:26 A man unloads a tyre from the plane.

02:38 Plane takes off again.

02:52 Close up of the surface of Mount Doreen. A small bond is briefly visible between the rock formations of the mountain.

03:12 Close up of the lake as the camera pans up the precipice of Mount Doreen from the inside.

03:22 Across the wilderness and desert, we see Mt. Stanley, a residual 1,150 ft. above the plain, and Mt. Cockburn, both 60 miles or more away.

03:33 Mt. Cockburn and Mt. Stanley can be seen in the distance.

03:49 The sky and clouds are a bright golden colour as the sun sets.

03:59 An Australian Aboriginal man sits on the ground outside of a hut made out of tree branches and bark. The remnant ash of a fire burns beside him.

04:08 A group of young Australian Aboriginal boys stand in front of the camera.

04:15 Two camels, three dogs and two Australian Aboriginal men go walking.

04:32 A herd of cows are being corralled by two drovers on their horses.

04:50 A man leads a camel across a large green landscape away from the camera.

04:52 Panning shot of the landscape in front of Mount Doreen.

05:03 Perspective from the front of the car driving towards a homestead.

05:08 Two men carry a stretcher across a rugged, grassy area. It is unclear whether there is someone or something on the stretcher.

05:24 A brief glimpse of a plane beginning to make its way for a take-off.

05:26 The End. [Titlecard]

05:30 Film turns black.

05:35 End of film.

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1 x SP Betacan
2 x DVD

CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/13
Date Range1950  -  1950
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5