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Darwin - Lake Nash, Urandanel, Tobermorey and Harts Range 1954

Archive Collections / Frederick Roy Vyse / Series AA353/5 / Darwin - Lake Nash, Urandanel, Tobermorey and Harts Range 1954

00:05 Shot of a white house with a red roof and what appears to be a tennis court out the front.

00:08 Lots of chairs are set up near a look-out with a view over the sea.

00:16 Various views of the surrounding scenery of the cliffs and sea.

00:35 Close up of red rock formations.

00:41 Power lines are visible in the distance over the rocks of the beach area.

00:47 Clearer shot of the power lines and towers with one in the shallow waters near the shoreline and the others extending further out to sea.

00:58 A group of people sit together in the shade among the rocks having a picnic.

01:23 Same group of people but taken from a different angle.

01:25 Panning shot of the beach area.

01:34 Truck parked in an area of red sand with two steel windmills in the background.

01:47 A large yellow digger is being attended to by two men, one kin blue shorts and the other in an Akubra. A truck can be seen parked behind them to the right on the road.

01:57 Sunset.

02:06 From the perspective of a car travelling down a dirt road.

02:34 Car stops driving down the dirt road for a few moments before beginning again. This time surrounded by trees and thicker bushland.

02:44 Shot of the truck parked in the middle of the dirt road. A man in blue overalls walks towards the truck before it starting driving again, focusing on the surrounding flora.

03:04 A snake makes its way across the red sand. The middle of its tail appears to be seriously injured.

03:29 A large herd of cows gather around a feeding trough. The angle changes and a large pool of water is visible in the foreground as the cows roam around the land.

03:38 A corrugated iron house with a lady and a young girl standing out the front chatting to the man from the truck.

03:49 The woman and the man stand at the back of the truck facing the camera. A dog wonders around them. The young girl pushes the dog down after it rests against the lady. The dog comes back and the woman moves the young girl away.

03:56 A wide shot of an empty red desert wasteland. A track made by access from cars is visible.

04:04 A flock of birds fly away from a watering trough.

04:12 A few cows can be seen sitting or lying on an area of green grass near the watering trough.

04:13 The truck continues its journey along another dirt road flanked by tufts brown grass.

04:22 A large campfire made from thick fallen branches in made as the man from the truck in blue overalls sits and faces the camera. The next morning, as the fire burns down, the camp is packed back into the truck.

04:50 A vegetable field. A woman points towards a row of vegetables.

04:58 A Close up of the wooden weatherboard of a house.

05:04 Two people stand inspective the row of flowers that run along the edge of the house.

05:16 A panning shot of the property and house is taken from the other side of the road where the truck is visible and the two people continue to inspect the flowers along the edge of the house and in the front garden.

05:24 The truck continues along another rocky dirt road bordered by tall, wispy, green grass.

05:36 Truck is parked in the middle of the road.

05:44 A large empty dirt land with a track leading to a small town in the distance of white buildings. Camera from the perspective of the front of the car as it travels down this track towards the buildings.

06:07 The camera pans the small town which is made up of mainly houses and sheds with no amenities apparent.

06:12 The truck continues along a dirt track. This time with pale dirt and rocks on either side of the road.

06:21 Truck is parked at the front of gates presumably leading to a homestead.

06:29 Close up of a power lines / telephone lines extending along an empty desert landscape. The truck drives along the dirt road that parallels these lines.

06:49 A large homestead with a type of conservatory out of the front. Other houses are driven past in the same area, making up a type of village.

07:13 A medium sized lake. The man driving the truck washes himself with water from a basket before continuing along the road again.

07:33 Truck drives along a grassy area with no clear track or road before passing another homestead.

07:47 An Australian Aboriginal family, a woman, and three young boys, stand facing the camera.

07:59 A sand storm is beginning nearby making it difficult to see into the distance.

08:20 Camera pans across the homestead. An Aboriginal woman stands with her son in one of the open field areas next to the house.

08:22 Close up of a red flowering bush.

08:30 A sign reads 32 Miles Manners Creek pointing towards the left. Another sign, pointing towards the right reads; 21 Miles - Tobermorey. Truck parked next to the two signs.

08:40 Truck drives off again with four rounded mountains visible in the near distance.

08:47 A small homestead is briefly visible before various shots of mountains.

09:00 Three men attend to the truck as it parked in an area with sheds and other trucks.

09:17 From the perspective of the left hand side of the truck as mountain scenery speeds past the window.

09:22 Two cars are parked side by side as a man speaks into a radio that resting on the truck on the right.

09:28 Sign reading; Harts Range Police Station’

09:37 Panning shot of nearby scenery and mountain in the near distance. A dirt road is visible as are some power lines above.

09:39 A vast, empty foreground of sand and dirt with a faint road of tyre tracks visible leading to a mountain range in the background.

09:43 Car has now reached the mountain range and is proving a closer view of the overlapping mountains.

10:00 From the perspective of the left hand side of the car, following the mountain range along the road.

10:19 End of Film

1x Digital Betacam
1 x SP Betacan
2 x DVD

CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/8
Date Range1954  -  1954
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5