Gold Coast is Attraction for Sun Worshippers
1955
Gold Coast is Attraction for Sun Worshippers
1955
- NFSA ID696V74RN
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary, Series
- GenresPatriotic, Educational, Historical
- Year1955
This clip from Australian Diary No. 083 shows the popular beach version of the hokey-pokey that attracted crowds of up to 300 people and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where flocks of lorikeets arrive twice a day to be handfed.
In the 1950s the Gold Coast had a local population of 21,000 people that increased to 110,000 during the holiday season. It was a time when the area was on the cusp of major development; now it is Australia's sixth largest city.
This clip from Australian Diary No. 083 shows the popular beach version of the hokey-pokey that attracted crowds of up to 300 people and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where flocks of lorikeets arrive twice a day to be handfed.
In the 1950s the Gold Coast had a local population of 21,000 people that increased to 110,000 during the holiday season. It was a time when the area was on the cusp of major development; now it is Australia's sixth largest city.
- NFSA ID696V74RN
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary, Series
- GenresPatriotic, Educational, Historical
- Year1955
- Production companyAustralian News And Information Bureau. Film Division
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