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Beautiful Middle Harbour (1927)

play Please note: this clip is silent
clip Middle harbour scenery and canoeing

This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Castlecrag Estate shows people alighting from a car and walking through the bush at Sylvan Glades to the foreshore of Middle Harbour. Two rowboats and a small motorboat are shown floating at the jetty. The people board the motorboat ,and the surrounding foreshore scenery is shown. Walter Burley Griffin is seen canoeing, and various people fish.

Curator’s notes

This clip is presented in a travelogue style. Wider panoramic shots are shown and features of the new suburb are detailed using intertitles.