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Title Western Australia [videorecording] : the land of opportunity.
Imprint Westralian Films for C.J. De Garis, 1920.
LOCATION CALL NO STATUS MESSAGE
 3rd Floor Film Stack  J800102  J copy     REQUEST RETRIEVAL
 2nd Floor Film Stack  E0773  VHS     REQUEST RETRIEVAL


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Phys. Description 1 videocassette (VHS) (20 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Series [State Film Archives collection]
Note PAL.
Credits Director: Fred Murphy.
Note 2 film reels of segments 1-7 (1588 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ; acetate ; duplicate master positive.
1 film reel of segments 2-3 (157 ft) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ; acetate ; reduction negative.
1 film reel (655 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ; acetate ; duplicate negative offcuts.
1 film reel of segments 1-7 and offcuts (754 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ; acetate ; reduction print.
Summary Film promoting the concept and sale of land at Kendenup, showing views from a train approaching Kendenup, cameramen at Perth Railway Station and being greeted at Kendenup station ; the Hassell Homestead, Kendenup Hall and school and various brick buildings under construction. Footage includes C. J. de Garis and Fred Murphy; children kicking a football, Dog Rock, Horden Monument, and Stirling Terrace, Albany and various scenes around Kendenup and the Stirling Ranges.
Subject De Garis, C. J. (Clement John)
Murphy, Fred (Frederick Edwin), 1894-1971.
Farm life -- Western Australia.
Railroad trains -- Western Australia.
Land settlement -- Western Australia.
Silent films.
Kendenup (W.A.)
Albany (W.A.)
Western Australia -- History -- 1901-1922.
Alt Author Murphy, Fred (Frederick Edwin), 1894-1971.
Simons, J. J. (John Joseph), 1882-1948.
Westralian Films.
Alt Title Land of opportunity.