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Snow on Buffalo
Title:
Snow on Buffalo
NFSA ID
11494
Year
1938
Courtesy
Film Australia Collection
This silent 1938 film from the cinema branch of the Australian Department of Commerce opens with a shot of Mount Buffalo Chalet. Built in 1910, it is the earliest surviving example of alpine ski accommodation in Australia.
The clip then shows a busload of tourists arriving at Mt Buffalo, unloading their skis from the top of the bus. A ski instructor teaches students the basic techniques, including the 'snow plough'.
More advanced skiers are shown racing down the slopes, performing jumps and navigating between rocky outcrops.
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.