1950s Cairns Tourism - 'Tropical North'

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Tropical North (1954) - Australian Commonwealth Department of the Interior
Copy created by Queensland State Archives: www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/...
Promotional film most likely developed by the Federal Government to promote Australia overseas. Footage includes life and work in the tropical areas of northern Queensland, together with a description of the type of country found there. Includes: views of tropical rainforest including native animals; cultavating and cutting sugar cane; fishing in the waters near innisfail; town of Cairns and it's inhabitant; Cairns Harbour; and lakes in the tablelands.

Пікірлер: 18

  • @paulgrima3812
    @paulgrima38122 жыл бұрын

    Cairns today in 2022 Please take me back to the 60’s 70’s .... Loved it 💕💖💕

  • @queenslander954

    @queenslander954

    Жыл бұрын

    True , but it’s still far better than the rest of Oz

  • @dingodancer

    @dingodancer

    8 ай бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @codzy3532
    @codzy3532 Жыл бұрын

    im 59 and i can remember dad and mum driving through tolga scrub in 60s putting their lights on the car thats how dark it was an going down kuranda range u could hear bell birds and winter time is was foggy and the christmas beetles those stink beetles green frogs you dont see them up here no more sad this was a good old vid loved it thanks for sharing uploading i mean haha xox

  • @queenslander954

    @queenslander954

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes Yes .. I remember , Xmas Beatles & stink Beatles & glowing night cane fires 🔥 .. don’t miss the toads but

  • @theoztreecrasher2647

    @theoztreecrasher2647

    11 ай бұрын

    @@queenslander954 Yep, those "Xmas Beatles & stink Beatles" - certainly no "Love me do" there! 🤔😜🤣🤣

  • @stache297
    @stache2973 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in Innisfail, so glad I left 😂 I miss Cairns though

  • @supersuper7878
    @supersuper78783 жыл бұрын

    ABSOLUTELY AWESOME FOOTAGE!!!

  • @jayceorourke5672
    @jayceorourke56729 ай бұрын

    I know we have to eat, but they did clear too much of the 'scrub' unfortunately.

  • @johnpro2847
    @johnpro28473 жыл бұрын

    Australian voiceovers in mainstream media were mainly done by pommie immigrant to get the 'proper' diction. These days the Ozzie twang is quite acceptable.

  • @theoztreecrasher2647

    @theoztreecrasher2647

    11 ай бұрын

    Yep. In those days only British cultured-voiced males got jobs fronting the publicly funded media outlets. Luckily nowadays it sometimes may seem as if a policy of "Only technicolour gender-disfunctional individuals with speech impediments need apply!" might have been substituted to redress the historical imbalance. 😉

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad2 ай бұрын

    lol @ warning. How primitive.

  • @nocontent3124
    @nocontent31243 жыл бұрын

    First...and only.

  • @nocontent3124

    @nocontent3124

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Mac-tz6ur now I am sad, this was a huge achievement for me...now it's all gone.

  • @thebookbungalow529

    @thebookbungalow529

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well ill always remember you where the first to comment

  • @404errorpagenotfound.6

    @404errorpagenotfound.6

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thebookbungalow529 finally, some recognition. This video makes me nostalgic, haven't been north for 30+ years.