Bushranging in North Queensland explained
Bushranging in North Queensland is a 1904 short film by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia. It was Australia's first bushranging drama shot on film.[1] [2] [3] It was shot near Winton, Queensland.[4] [5]
Plot
The coach "bailed up" by Winton bushrangers, robbing of the passengers, shooting of the gang by the coach driver.[4]
Notes and References
- https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/Australias-first-film-studio/ "Australia's First Film Studio"
- Chris Long, “Australia’s First Films: New Light on the Limelight Department”, Cinema Papers 107 (December 1995), 37, 56.
- Web site: Routt . William D . More Australian than Aristotelian: The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904–1914 . Senses of Cinema . 2001.
- News: COUNTRY NOTES. . . Townsville, Qld. . 14 March 1904 . 29 June 2015 . 7 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT . National Library of Australia.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150701073743/http://www.wintonoutbackmoviecapital.info/index.php?p=1_5 "Bushranging in North Queensland'