This film footage highlights the vast mountain ranges and monoliths present in Central Australia. A demonstration of the variety of native Australian plant and vegetation, this film is includes brief examples of Australian Aboriginal ceremonial practices of the time.

00:04 Part II

00:06 Palm Valley Gorge the amphitheatre and beautiful Palm Valley

00:14 Panning wide shot of valley.

00:19 Close up of mountain.

00:24 Open shot of flat landscape with mountains in the background.

00:27 Wide shot of trees and mountains, camera pans to the left.

00:36 Close up of red rock mountain from the base looking up.

00:48 Shot of flat landscape with red rock mountains in the background and red rock and shrubs on the ground.

01:09 Close up on round red rock on to of a hill with the valley and mountains in the background.

01:12 High shot of the valley below. Red rock can be seen obscuring the right of the shot with a white man in a blue jumper and wide-brimmed hat stands on the left and walks out of the shot.

01:21 Shot of large red rock mountain. Camera pans down the face of the mountain. Man in Khaki shirt can be briefly seen at the bottom of the frame.

01:28 Green truck is parked next to a tree in the middle of the landscape with the red rock mountain in the background. Camera pans up the face of the mountain again.

01:41 Two ladies and a man stand next to a lake.

01:48 Close up of the red rock slabs that make up the base of the mountain. Camera pans down and to the left.

02:05 The graceful beauty of the drought resisting Ghost Gum.

02:12 Two tall, thin white trees branch in front of the red mountain.

02:17 Close up of one of these white trees.

02:24 Close up of palm-like trees directly in front of the red rock mountain monolith.

02:40 Here in rocky clefts grows the much sought native tobacco called pitchiri.

02:47 Close up of pitjuri plant.

02:58 Close up of flowering pitjuri plant.

03:00 Wild native figs are greatly relished by the natives.

03:08 Close up of figs on branch.

03:15 The Sun sets on the Monoliths in Palm Paddock - Symbols of the legendary euro.

03:22 Wide shot of open flat land with monoliths towering above in the distance.

03:29 Glen Helen or Finke Gorge presents ever changing vistas of beauty.

03:36 A group of Aboriginal women and children sit in the back of a truck.

03:39 Close up of Aboriginal women and children in the back of the truck.

03:43 A white man and woman hold long sticks peering at the ground. Next to them, a young Aboriginal woman stands looking at the camera. The white man and women walk towards the left of the shot where another white man in background is using a long stick to poke at the ground. Another white woman in a blue dress and blue headband stands looking at the camera next to a young Aboriginal girl who leans on a tree.

03:50 Close up of young Aboriginal girl wearing a brown jumper leaning on the tree. Another young Aboriginal girl in a white dress leans in the fork of the tree. The white lady in the blue dress and blue headband stands to the right looking at the camera.

03:51 Close up of young Aboriginal girl in brown jumper looking directly at the camera. Other young girls dark across the frame.

03:56 Shot of these same girls and two older Aboriginal women walking towards the camera with a young boy. The camera pans up towards the red monolith mountain.

03:58 Wide shot of large red monolith with two people walking by in the background. Camera pans to the top of the mountain.

04:02 Wide shot of red monolith with young Aboriginal family walking in front of it in the foreground. Camera pans across the face of the monolith.

04:11 Wide shot of a gap and lake between two monoliths with hills and trees visible in the background.

04:27 Climbing the hill we view - Mt. Sonder 4417ft. Mt Zeil 4955 ft. Mt Giles and Glen Helen.

04:36 Misty view of mountain range, camera pans towards the right.

04:37 View down towards a shack or house.

04:41 Wide shot of mountain range with field of trees and greenery in the foreground.
04:55 Close up of rock formations on top of red monolith.

05:34 Thin white trees in hills of green. Camera pans towards the left to reveal a cliff.

05:46 A spinifex pigeon shakes its body and waddles out of the shot.

05:50 We camp at the Gosses Range and woke to the glory of the rising sun on mountains and spinifex.

05:59 Large bright campfire burns.

06:08 Wide shot of trees with red monolith mountains in the background.

06:17 Remnants of a fire burns with a blue truck with the hood up is parked nearby.

06:22 Close up of car with the hood open.

06:24 Shot of scenery - spinifex with mountains in the far distance.

06:27 Close up of spinifex grass.

06:35 Travelling west we come to Haast’s bluff and the native depot.

06:40 Wide spanning shot of flat land with mountains in the background.

07:20 Shot from a height of the grassy lands and monoliths in the background. The camera begins to pan from the left where a branch leans to the right.

07:36 Wide shot of a group of Aboriginal men sitting on the ground with trees and the monoliths ion the far distance. A dog enters the shot briefly as the camera pans towards the right.

07:40 A large group of Aboriginal men and children wearing wide-brimmed hats stand looking at the camera.

08:08 Wide shot of large red monolith in the distance behind small shrub like trees.

08:12 The setting sun lingers lovingly on the bluffs twin peaks 3541 ft. high.

08:19 From a distance, the twin peaks of a mountain are seem in the sunset.

08:26 As the sun sets the mountains reflect the glory of the heavens.

08:31 In the distance, a flat top mountain can be seen.

08:42 Shot of a red sky in the sunset, scattered with clouds.

08:55 A sunburnt monolith reflects the setting sun. Bottom half of the frame is dark.

09:11 The MacDonnell Ranges viewed through the early morning mist.

9:17 Wide shot of large mountain landscape.

9:21 Camera pans left to reveal mountain landscape in the distance.

9:38 In Central Australia the aborigines still follow their age old customs amid scenes of rugged beauty.

9:44 Close up of Aboriginal men sit in the sand drawing images with their fingers into the sand.

9:55 Five Aboriginal men sit in a circle discussing before standing up and walking away.

10:02 The remnants of a stone age people still adhering to their ancient beliefs produce the ceremonial stones of their ancestors.

10:08 Eight Aboriginal men stand and sit in a circle in front of a large red rock background.

10:11 Close up of Aboriginal man tracing his finger around a ceremonial stone.

10:16 Close up of ceremonial stone showing curved markings on its surface.

10:22 These generations old sacred stone Churingas tell the story of their spirit ancestors long since departed.

10:24 Close up of stone Churinga showing curved markings on its surface.

10:32 Peaceful, happy and contented, their thoughts dwell upon the days that have been - and the spirit land to come.

10:38 Close up of individual Aboriginal men smiling and laughing at the camera.

10:56 The children happy in their simplicity enjoy themselves with play and make belief.

11:02 A group of Aboriginal children sit in a circle around a burnt out dine chatting and playing with sand and sticks.

11:12 A group of Aboriginal children play with a large branch, dragging it down a hill.

11:14 Close up of smiling Aboriginal child.

11:17 Two Aboriginal men sit next to ashes on the ground, crafting tools.

11:21 Film turns black

11:36 Film turns grey

14:29 End of film. [no intertitle].

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