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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 min. 35 sec.) ; 327117762 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*1972. Tasmania. A small introverted island community is emotionally divided between the goal of industrial progress and the vision of a pristine environment. A unique environmental wonder, the alpine Lake Pedder is on the verge of destruction by the largest hydro-electric power scheme in the southern hemisphere.Following World War II, Tasmania was convinced that it could become an industrial centre of the world through the provision of cheap hydro-electricity created by damming its wild rivers. The vision of the state government to transform the island into an industrial paradise drives a wedge through the community. The island becomes divided in two - between industrialists and environmentalists. Brenda Hean - one of the leaders of the first environmental political party in the world - and her pilot, Max Price, are flying in an ageing Tiger Moth to petition the Australian Prime Minister in Canberra in a last ditch effort to save the Lake. The plane disappears without trace. The battle for Lake Pedder is lost. The plane is never found. But the mystery never dies.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Film Finance Corporation, Filmfest Limited, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Film Victoria, Robert Purves AM, and Big and Little Films Pty Ltd |
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Broadcast 2010-02-25 at 21:25:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Conspiracies -- Psychological aspects.
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Environmentalists -- Political activity.
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Missing persons -- Investigation.
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Women environmentalists.
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Tasmania -- Lake Pedder.
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Streaming video
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Hean, Brenda, contributor
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Millwood, Scott, director
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