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Mt. Doreen, Tanami, Kimberleys, Northern Station 1947

Archive Collections / Frederick Roy Vyse / Series AA353/5 / Mt. Doreen, Tanami, Kimberleys, Northern Station 1947

00:05 The following year we set out on another tour of 6,000 miles by train and motor.

00:12 The Depot Sandhills and Australia’s red centre..

00:16 Perspective of the side of the car. Travelling along a largely barren landscape of red sand and power lines overhead.

00:52 Perspective taken from the opposite side of the car. A large mountain range travels alongside them.

00:59 Mount Doreen looms over the car as it passes by.

01:05 Camera leans out the window of a train as it passes parallel along a road.

01:11 Northwest to the East Kimberleys, Western Australia, via the Granites and Tamini.

01:16 Perspective from the front of a car travelling down a dirt track flanked by thin, spindly trees.

01:23 View of a long mountain range, presumably Tamini/Tanami.

01:35 Panning shot of Tamini mountain range with a dirt track visible in the foreground near the camera.

01:36 Car resumes travelling down dirt track, this time short yellow, patchy grass surrounds them.

01:46 Three men, one wearing an Akubra, stand in the doorway of a garage in front a car with their backs to the camera.

01:48 A large group of young Australian Aboriginal children play outside with a white Australian lady watching them and joining in.

01:51 At night time, a group of Australian Aboriginal men, women and children stand near the roaring fire behind them. A dog walks around in front of the group.

01:54 A shed or hut made of logs and leaves stands near two trucks. Camera pans to reveal another building made of logs and corrugated iron and a third car parked nearby.

02:02 A large termite mount sits in front of the camera. A man in a hat and jacket over his shoulder stands next to the mount to demonstrate its size.

02:10 A large collection of rocks and boulders together, almost seem to be forming a makeshift, natural wall.

02:13 Perspective from the front of the car travelling down another dirt track through an empty landscape. In the distance to the left, a homestead can be seen.

02:27 A collection of very large termite mounds can be seen across a field.

02:31 Car resumes it journey along another dirt track, which quickly turns to a track through tall grass.

02:47 An incomplete mud-brick hut with the cars parked nearby. Two men organise supplies into the blue trick as the car behind keep the engine going. Another shack made of corrugated iron, tree branches and mud brick can be seen.

03:01 Slow, close up panning shot of the two mud-brick buildings.

03:05 Across the Western Australian Border and northwest to Gordon Downs Station.

03:12 Black car speeds across a dirt track from right to left across the screen.

03:22 Perspective from front of the car as it travels through a landscape of tall grass. No track or road is easily visible.

03:31 Car parks with door open, man stands at the rear of the car. Landscape largely empty save for tall brown grass and dead trees in the background.

03:39 Car travels down a sandy, rocky slope with bush all around. Two people stand nearby watching. A man runs alongside the car carrying something heavy.

03:53 Perspective from the front of the car, again travelling through tall grassland area.

04:09 A bird walks through the grassy landscape.

04:10 Another bird is viewed flying overhead.

04:13 Perspective from the front of the car. A cormorant type bird jumps out of the way of the car and slowly begins to walk away from the car.

04:18 Passing by a Gordon Downs Station.

04:24 Car parked with bonnet up as men attend to unloading and fixing the car.

04:31 East to Wave Hill, 13,000 square miles via Birrindudu, Limbunya, Waterloo & Inverway.

04:39 Australian Aboriginal man rests on a wooden fence.

04:42 Horse and cart in a large empty grassy field as two Australian Aboriginal men chat sitting on the cart with the four horses at front.

04:52 Wide shot of a large river with tree-lined banks.

05:02 Perspective of the front of the car as it travels along an empty landscape.

05:06 A small group of cows block the road and quickly move out of the way of the car as it approaches a white-roofed homestead.

05:13 Two Australian Aboriginal women wearing blue boiler suits face the camera near a garden of palm trees.

05:20 A round clock-like calendar is shown on the wall with the date pointing to Thursday 4th May 1947.

05:24 Lots of sheep are viewed on the opposite bank of the river.

05:35 A man sits on a rolled up pack in front of a low-burning campfire with his back to the camera.

05:47 Close up of a nearby river with Lilly pads covering the surface of the water.

06:06 Car drives along a dirt track with tall trees and tall brown grass either side.

06:07 A large group of bulls (?) block the road. Close up of horses donkeys and an Aboriginal drover on horseback nearby. Some horses are carrying packs of provisions. A herd of bulls in viewed nearby.

06:30 Shot of river with steep banks lined with trees.

06:39 Car approaches a farm with silos flanking a house or hut on stilts.

07:10 Three Australian Aboriginal men skin a dead bull with two other men sitting nearby watching.

07:17 Perspective from the side of the car driving past red a farm of red buildings with white roofs.

07:27 North to Victoria River Downs 14,500 square miles - 125,000 cattle.

07:32 Three men huddle over the open bonnet of a car.

07:35 Various shots of the surrounding trees and luscious green landscape.

07:54 Perspective of the side of the car, passing a largely flat and empty dusty landscape with tall termite mounds scattered around.

07:58 Still close up of a field full of termite mounds.

08:05 Two long necked birds are close by.

08:09 Two children stand facing the camera, shielding their eyes from the sun and holding a hoola-hoop.

08:19 Camera pans across a porch of a nearby house. The shadows make it very dark. There is a young boy standing in front of the camera as it pans across the tables and chairs.
08:28 Various shots of the colourful fauna around the homestead (presumably Victoria River Downs).

08:35 Looking down on a river with trees flooding its banks.

08:37 Close up of goats stand of a ridge nearby the river.

08:56 A huge baobot tree, 33ft. in circumference, Jaspar Creek.

09:08 Close up of the very thick trunk of the baobot tree at Jasper Creek. A man stands at the base of the tree, leaning against it with one arm, to demonstrate the size of the tree.

09:14 Many difficult creeks had to be negotiated on our furthest north to Jaspar Gorge and Bullita..

09:23 A blue truck can briefly be seen parked at the side of the shot, before the camera pans towards the left revealing a ground comprised of large boulders and rubble before the truck begins to drive across it.

09:42 Truck attempts an extremely steep ascent up rocky, rumble hill reversing back briefly before succeeding.

10:04 Truck travels over a dusty dirt track, towards a wooden constructed bridge briefly seen in the foreground before continuing along at speed along a very busy and dusty dirt track through long brown grass.

10:19 Along the Maranji Stock route to Newcastle Waters.

10:26 Blue truck drives over very large rubble area with care.

10:34 From an incline in the road ahead, the blue truck can be seen coming towards the camera up the steep dirt track hill.

10:49 A harvester is being attended to by two men.

10:54 Shots of the tall thin, white barked trees in the area.

11:05 Perspective from the front of the truck as it travels along yet another dirt track, this time surrounded by tall white-barked trees and very short yellow grass before stopping at a small lake.

11:12 A herd of cattle being pushed across the landscape before brief high up shot of the local landscape.

11:30 Homestead windmill.

11:37 Film turns black

11:47 End of film.

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1 x SP Betacan
2 x DVD

CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/14
Date Range1947  -  1947
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5