Outback Patrol Explained

Outback Patrol
Director:Lee Robinson
Producer:Stanley Hawes
Narrator:Chips Rafferty
Cinematography:Frank Bagnall
Studio:Australian National Film Board
Runtime:20 minutes
Country:Australia
Language:English

Outback Patrol is a 1952 documentary about the patrol of a policeman in the Northern Territory outback, Constable Robert Darkin, and the various tasks he must perform. The movie has since become a study text in Australian secondary schools.[1] [2] Robinson said it "was a very successful picture."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: NT DOCUMENTARY. . . Darwin, NT . 17 October 1952 . 30 August 2015 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Robinson . Lee . Graham Shirley . Lee Robinson . Oral history . 15 August 1976 . National Film and Sound Archive.