Birdsville, Alice 2001

Description

Series[UMA-SRE-20170076] VIDEO RECORDINGS PRODUCED BY GERMAINE GREERAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017007600026Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentPhysical carrier: Panasonic mini DV. Duration: 01:02:25. Contains: Video captured by Germaine Greer while visiting Australia. Video begins in Charleville as Greer documents the main street including a young boy riding a motorbike. Footage of animals on the side of the road: a kangaroo, an emu, and then horses and cattle being led down the road by farmers on horseback. Video cuts to footage of wildflowers at Lake Eyre. Video cuts to footage captured at Birdsville of the town and race track. Footage of vegetation and a large frilled neck lizard. Video cuts to footage of an old town named Farina, which was deserted in the 1980s. There are many emus walking around the town. Video cuts to the Flinders Ranges and the vegetation there. Footage cuts to a large group of cockatoos in a town named Carrieton. Video cuts to footage taken from the car window while driving. Rap music plays on the radio. Video cuts to footage taken at Broken Hill. Video cuts to Mallee Sunset National Park as Greer discusses the lack of vegetation there. Footage of wildflowers. Video cuts to footage taken in Bendigo including The Golden Swan Hotel where Greer's Grandmother was born. Greer tells the story of the hotel. Greer discusses visiting Bendigo with her mother. Footage around Bendigo. Video cuts to footage of three women having drink. Footage of Greer with Ann Polis and one other woman. Video cuts to Ann Polis? s cat Millie inside a bag. Video cuts to Hannah Fink and a baby sitting on a couch. Video cuts to footage of vegetation including wildflowers near the Flinders Ranges. Video cuts to footage captured at an outside street market. Video returns to footage of vegetation in the Flinders Ranges. Video cuts to footage taken while the camera is sitting on a table, image is sideways. It appears that Greer is trying to record a radio program discussing fatherhood and employment.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyAccess ConditionsAccess to this recording is restricted. To request access, consult the collection website at https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/explore/collections/germainegreer#access or contact the University of Melbourne Archives: um-archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2014.0040 Unit 0005Copyright StatusIn copyrightConditions of Use and ReproductionThis recording is in copyright and can only be viewed at the University of Melbourne Archives. For information about reproducing this recording contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available in the Reading Room

Provenance

CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProducer

Dates

Date2001

Description Control

Previous System ID2017.0076.00026

Characteristics

Genre/FormMiniDV cassettesStateMaster UniqueMaterialMetal evaporateDimensionsWidth: 6.35mmPhysical FacetVideo standard: PAL

Relationships

Feature CollectionThe Germaine Greer Archive

Subjects

SubjectBabyBirdsBrahmasCarCatsCattleCockatoosDesertDigital videoDiscount storeDrivingDrivingEmuFatherhoodHip hopHorsesHotelsLizardMarketMotorbikeMusicRace trackRadioRapSalvation Army Op ShopsSettlementSignTalkback radioVegetationWildflowersSubject (Agent)Ann PolisPeggy GreerHannah FinkBirdsville HotelThe Golden Swan HotelCharleville HotelSubject (Place)BendigoBroken HillFarina TownshipLake EyreBirdsvilleFlinders RangesCarrietonMallee Sunset National Park

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