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All titles produced in 1899

4 titles

Boer War: Transvaal Contingent, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1899 other historical footage – 1899

Using a hand-cranked Lumiere Cinematographe, photographer Frederick Charles Wills captured the Queensland contingents departing for the Boer War.

Scenes of Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1899 other historical footage – 1899

Using an original Lumière Cinematographe, Frederick Charles Wills and his assistant, Henry William Mobsby capture a busy Brisbane intersection in 1899.

South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane, 1899: Nambour, Qld other historical footage – 1899

Photographer Frederick Charles Wills and his assistant, Henry William Mobsby capture Melanesian labourers cutting cane in Queensland in 1899.

Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder at Jimbour, Qld other historical footage – 1899

The official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, films a farmer and his wheat harvest on a property in Jimbour.