Cockatoo Circus: Melbourne Exhibition Building and Aquarium

Performing cockatoos, the Melbourne Exhibition Building (now the Royal Exhibition Building) and Australia's first aquarium feature in this Cine Service production from 1949.

Australian stockman Peter Miller with his well-trained sulphur-crested cockatoos performing a remarkable series of tricks, including the cockatoo merry-go-round, high wire and piano playing.

The aquarium burnt down in 1953 and has since moved location.

Notes by Beth Taylor