Bushranging in North Queensland
Bushranging in North Queensland is a 1904 short film by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia.[1]
| Bushranging in North Queensland | |
|---|---|
| Cinematography | Joseph Perry |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Salvation Army |
Release date | 1904 |
| Country | Australian |
| Language | Silent |
It was Australia's first bushranging drama shot on film.[2][3][4]
It was shot near Winton, Queensland.[1][5]
Plot
The coach "bailed up" by Winton bushrangers, robbing of the passengers, shooting of the gang by the coach driver.[1]
References
- "COUNTRY NOTES". The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905). Townsville, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1904. p. 7 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- "Australia's First Film Studio" at Salvation Army
- Chris Long, “Australia’s First Films: New Light on the Limelight Department”, Cinema Papers 107 (December 1995), 37, 56.
- Routt, William D (2001). "More Australian than Aristotelian: The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904-1914". Senses of Cinema.
- "Bushranging in North Queensland' at Winton Outback Movie Capital
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