South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane
1889
South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane
1889
- NFSA ID95r61zx6
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- GenresSilent film
- Year1889
Frame capture from the 27 seconds of a nitrate film showing South Sea Islander labourers cutting sugar cane at Nambour, Queensland, under the watchful eye of an overseer. One of the few pieces of footage of Melanesian labourers cutting cane in Queensland. Filmed using a static Lumière Cinematograph.
Frame capture from the 27 seconds of a nitrate film showing South Sea Islander labourers cutting sugar cane at Nambour, Queensland, under the watchful eye of an overseer. One of the few pieces of footage of Melanesian labourers cutting cane in Queensland. Filmed using a static Lumière Cinematograph.
- NFSA ID95r61zx6
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- GenresSilent film
- Year1889
- Production companyQueensland Department of Agriculture
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