Kiddies of Queensland Enjoy Outings in their Billy Carts: Rockhampton (c1920)
Length: 55 seconds
Taken from the newsreel collection Australasian Gazette
Alternative title: Australasian Gazette No 304
Synopsis
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel item shows a group of boys riding on the back of goats and children riding in billycarts down a street in Rockhampton, Queensland.
Curator’s notes
This cute newsreel item is part of Australasian Gazette, edition 304, from approximately 1920. Before the advent of television, newsreels were a major source of news in Australia and – as is the case today – light-hearted or novelty items were included as part of the newsreel.
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)
| Production company | Australasian Films |
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