
Set in the south-west corner of Western Australia, around the Augusta Margaret River country, this film features the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Hamelin Bay. Along with a discussion about many of the historical highlights, it shows the way in which people of the area live, work and relax. Also a popular destination for tourists it concludes with an excursion into the Augusta Jewel Cave.
The first of five films in the Around Australia series, South West Corner was made by the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1961.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.