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Title The road to the West / producer : Eric Thompson ; director : Alexander Ezard
Published Australia : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1965

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Description 1 online resource (18 min.)
Summary By 1813 the colony of New South Wales had experienced consecutive droughts and weak harvests. The population continued to grow and the colonists desperately needed to expand into more fertile farming land. Through re-enactments and historical stills this is the story of the first European crossing of the rugged Blue Mountains by three explorers, William Charles Wentworth, Gregory Blaxland and Lieutenant William Lawson, each of whom had his own reason for being part of the expedition
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed August 03, 2015)
In English
Subject Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Subject Australia.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Ezard, Alexander, director
Thompson, Eric, producer
Australia. Commonwealth Film Unit, production company.