Michael Stacey (Ray Barrett) introduces himself and his milieu – the beautiful beach of Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast and a town full of ugly buildings.

An animated sketch demonstrates how the harvester elevates, tops and collects cane, illustrating all the major parts of the machine that aid this process.

This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899.

This short film is actuality footage of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899.

Late 1940s in the industrial centre of Ipswich, Queensland.