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.
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Cairns today in 2022 Please take me back to the 60’s 70’s .... Loved it 💕💖💕
@queenslander954
Жыл бұрын
True , but it’s still far better than the rest of Oz
@dingodancer
8 ай бұрын
Exactly.
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
11 ай бұрын
Yes Yes .. I remember , Xmas Beatles & stink Beatles & glowing night cane fires 🔥 .. don’t miss the toads but
@theoztreecrasher2647
11 ай бұрын
@@queenslander954 Yep, those "Xmas Beatles & stink Beatles" - certainly no "Love me do" there! 🤔😜🤣🤣
I used to live in Innisfail, so glad I left 😂 I miss Cairns though
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME FOOTAGE!!!
I know we have to eat, but they did clear too much of the 'scrub' unfortunately.
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
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. 😉
lol @ warning. How primitive.
First...and only.
@nocontent3124
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mac-tz6ur now I am sad, this was a huge achievement for me...now it's all gone.
@thebookbungalow529
2 жыл бұрын
Well ill always remember you where the first to comment
@404errorpagenotfound.6
2 жыл бұрын
@@thebookbungalow529 finally, some recognition. This video makes me nostalgic, haven't been north for 30+ years.