| Physical description |
1 videocassette (VHS) (11 min.) : sound, colour ; 13 mm |
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Original picture negative 1 film reel : silent, colour ; 16 mm |
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Original sound negative 1 film reel : sound ; 16 mm |
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Picture dupe negative 1 film reel : silent, colour ; 16 mm |
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Sound dupe negative 1 film reel : sound ; 16 mm |
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Composite print 1 film reel : sound, colour ; 16 mm |
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1 online resource (1 video file (11 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, colour |
| Series |
WA Government films collection
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State Film Archives collection
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| Credits |
Director: Norman A. Uren. |
| Rights advisory |
Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, coontact the State Library of Western Australia. |
| Contents |
View of school -- photo of Kingsley Fairbridge, a South African Rhodes Scholar -- formed first school near Mandurah in 1912, school moved in 1921 to 3000 acre farm 5 miles from Pinjarra -- survey of buildings, children and tourists at school, tourists getting into bus -- children on ships in Fremantle arriving from England (children are selected to be brought to the school, scheme financed by WA Government and private benefactors in England and Australia) -- children leaving boat and getting into buses, lunch in Kings Park with views of Perth then bus to Fairbridge -- cottages, school, hospital, telephone exchange, Chapel of the Holy Innocents, farm scenes with children learning to be farmers, children at school -- successful farmer and wife (Reg Sexton) both from Fairbridge on their chicken farm at Wanneroo. |
| Summary |
An account of the Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, WA, established for the benefit of underprivileged children from Britain. On arrival at Fairbridge the children have a 'cottage mother' to look after them. They attend school, participate in sport and church services, and eventually go out to work. With commentary. |
| Subjects |
Fairbridge, Kingsley, 1885-1924.
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Fairbridge Farm School (Pinjarra, W.A.)
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Children -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- Pinjarra.
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Immigrants -- Western Australia -- Pinjarra Region.
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Agricultural education -- Western Australia -- Pinjarra.
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Pinjarra (W.A.)
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| Genre/Form |
Promotional films.
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Short films.
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| Related names |
Uren, Norman A., director.
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Western Australia. Government Film Unit, production company.
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