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Titles tagged with ‘The Commonwealth’

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Australia Post – Royal Tour sponsored film – 1954

As this program amply illustrates, an excited Australian public turned out in droves to see the Queen in 1954. For the PMG, her visit represented a coming of age.

Inauguration of the Commonwealth documentary – 1901

This is possibly the first feature-length documentary made in Australia and the first Australian film to use multi-camera coverage.

Mister Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin television program – 1966

A biography of Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and from 1909 to 1910.