Cockatoo Circus: Melbourne Exhibition Building and Aquarium
1949
Cockatoo Circus: Melbourne Exhibition Building and Aquarium
1949
- NFSA ID1M8NTEEB
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Year1949
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
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
- NFSA ID1M8NTEEB
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Year1949
- Production companyCine Service
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