Tasmanian Tapestry

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1953. Directed by Hugh McInnes. In this 1950s tourism promotional film Tasmania, set like a scenic tapestry in the Southern Ocean, has much to attract tourists from the mainland of Australia. Reminiscent of England in its cultivated fields, old architecture and sheltered rivers, industry too, has its place, in the mountain rivers and lakes, which provide the water for the Island’s great hydro electric systems. Fishing is a popular pastime, especially at the time of the year when the phenomenon known as the “Shannon Rise” occurs and there is trout for the taking in the waters of the Myeena Dam, on the Shannon River - one of the many lovely threads that runs through Tasmania’s scenic tapestry