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TAGGED: Gold Coast
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Gold Coast holiday: home movie

The NFSA has a number of home movies of Gold Coast holidays. This clip from the 1970s is an excerpt from home movies shot by Eileen Smith.

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Sea World opens on the Gold Coast

Sea World founder Keith Williams (1929–2011) talks about its origins as a waterski show. Sea World opened on the Gold Coast on 30 October 1971.

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Pentuphouse: ‘I’m gonna take her to Surfer’s Paradise'

This short film by Cate Shortland is a snapshot of a relationship in its last days.

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Gold Coast is Attraction for Sun Worshippers

This clip from Australian Diary No.

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Queensland Playground

Queensland Playground is a comprehensive look at the Gold Coast during the late 1950s.

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The Coolangatta Gold - trailer

This is the trailer to Australian film The Coolangatta Gold, directed by Igor Auzins and released on 22 November 1984, which led to the establishment of the Ironman race of the same name.

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Police Raid Pyjama Party

This lighthearted newsreel story tells of a police raid on a Gold Coast pyjama party in 1959.

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The Gold Coast, 1950s

This silent newsreel clip shows people sunbaking on the Gold Coast.

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The Gold Coast, 1960s

This Movietone News newsreel highlights the attractions of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in the early 1960s.

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Whale Rescue

The whale in this news report was fortunate to be rescued by a diving team from Sea World after it got caught in a shark net off the Gold Coast.