Edgar Tolmie Motion Pictures

Home movie footage showing fishermen in a boat with a catch of sharks including a large hammerhead shark; Ponciana tree and flowers; Barbie’s wedding, bird in tree – Kenmore; Lone Pine with family – koalas, emus, cockatoo; children’s birthday party; Warana Procession; an outdoor play (King Arthur) by students at St Hilda’s School, Southport; newspaper headlines of the Kennedy assassination; two women being seen off at the airport on a Qantas plane; a crane hoisting a crate into the shop front of the Gold Coast Camera Centre at Nerang Street, Southport.

Description based on film no. 1 in notebooks.

Home movie footage showing a trip to New South Wales and A.C.T. including Katoomba; Blue Mountains; Taronga Park Zoo; Sydney Harbour Bridge; Yarralumla; plus footage of Purling Brook Falls. 

Description based on film no. 2 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile and other military hardware on display in front of the Southport Post Office, Scarborough Street, Southport, Queensland, November 1960; go-carts at Burleigh; Brownies at Labrador; McRobbie's ‘Funlander’ Pleasure Island Railway; Mum and Eric Tolmie at University of Queensland – buildings and great court, classroom with mural, Eric Tolmie in cap and gown at graduation ceremony;  Tolmie wedding (Helen). 

Description based on film no. 3 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Mt. Nathan, Gold Coast Hinterland (Camera Club Field Day); Currumbin birds; the premises of the Gold Coast Pharmacy (also Tomie & Scotton Real Estate Agents and Gold Coast Camera Centre), Southport; children swimming; house on Hilltop Street, Labrador; ANZAC Park; an art show featuring work by Eric Tolmie; children and pups at Hilltop Street house; Eric Tolmie in BBC blazer; 1959 ANZAC Day Parade passing Pilgrim’s Shoe Store, Southport, and service at ANZAC Park; Boy Scouts; vintage cars, August 1959; Jean’s wedding; Sydney Harbour. 

Description based on film no. 4 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing the wreck of a trawler in the surf off the Gold Coast; Spring Festival parade, Gold Coast; washing a dog ‘Aussie’; Lone Pine – koala on back of Alsatian dog; Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, Brisbane; girl playing with dog at Hilltop Street house; ‘Kenmore house’ and views; children ‘tobogganing’ (with cardboard on a grass hill) at Mooloolaba; beach scenes at Mooloolaba including Surf Life Saving Club and footage of a dog in a sand hole. 

Description based on film no. 5 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing bushwalking; a large machine digging trenches to lay water mains along Alexandra Parade, Mooloolaba; the lounge room at ‘Kenmore house’ – Apollo moon landing on television; a QANTAS plane being prepared at Brisbane Airport. 

Description based on film no. 6 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing swimming in the Alice River near Barcaldine; Robert playing with sprinkler in yard at Elm Street, Barcaldine; new Hillman car on Elm Street; walking around the dam at Avonslea Station; mustering sheep at Jaccondoll Station; QANTAS plane outside hangar, Longreach; aerial views of Charleville and surrounds; landing at Charleville; machinery building a dam at Jaccondoll Station; children (including Jenny Parkes and Diedre Wall) riding horses and show jumping at show, Barcaldine. 

Description based on film no. 7 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Mrs Parkes & Jenny arriving home by plane – plane landing at Longreach; Jimmy's christening – group gathered in Barcaldine; Norman Parkes going over jumps on horse; Barcaldine school gymnastic display and Maypole dance (including Jacq); children on the beach at Tugun, 1948; Jacq and Eric on Currumbin Rocks, playing on beach; climbing a fire tower in the Yarraman district and views from the tower; going over the Drummond Range by train; mustering sheep at Jaccondoll Station; lawn bowls at Longreach; Rob and Jim on lawn. 

Description based on film no. 8 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing fishermen on a shark boat, pulling in nets; Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Coolangatta – motorcade and crowds; a caught hammerhead shark; David and others swimming in the surf and coast views, Currumbin; Leslie’s wedding; a dog eating a birthday cake at ‘Kenmore house’; children playing with a hose and wheelbarrow; a rodeo at Nerang. 

Description based on film no. 9 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing inter-town school sports at Barcaldine including sprints and high jump; Oasis gardens at Sunnybank; horse riding and presentations at Barcaldine Show including the decoration of Eric Roser DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) and James William ‘Bill’ Calder with the George Medal; Alice River in flood around Barcaldine including salvaging belongings and crossing floodwater; Decorating an outdoor Christmas tree with balloons (with Jacq.), 1950. 

Description based on film no. 10 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage beginning with a title ‘The circus comes to Barcaldine’ followed by scenes of an elephant, erecting a big top, and gathered children; an intertitle ‘Barcaldine’s main street’ followed by street scenes and shop fronts including the Shakespeare Hotel; intertitle ‘Another scene in Barcaldine’s main street’ followed by a scene of suckling goats in the street; an intertitle ‘Victory Day Procession – June 10th 1946. Barcaldine made a happy day of it’ followed by scenes of a victory parade through town; lawn bowls; Noosa (damaged footage); Barcaldine Races (damaged footage); intertitle 'Shots taken at Williams’ Farm, ‘Waterloo’, Barcaldine, May 12th 1946' followed by footage of a visit to a farm including tomato and pumpkin craps and feedlots.    
 
*Reel includes black and white footage of Brisbane which was unable to be digitised due to damage. 

Description based on film no. 11 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Barcaldine lawn bowls players travelling in an open back truck to Longreach for a tournament, and playing lawn bowls at Longreach Bowling Club; a group gathered for Robert’s christening; swimming in Alice River; a visit to Avonslea Station, including yabbying in the dam overflow, tennis and children on a rocking horse swing; an intertitle 'Leaving Barcaldine 14/9/47' with footage of a packed car driving off; Robert in a high chair; a back yard tea party with the Bradleys at Kedron; a plane taking off at Blackall Aerodrome; a child (Robert) playing with a toy dog (Pluto) on a verandah; slow-motion footage of men’s and boy’s running races at Barcaldine. 

Description based on film no. 13 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a baby (Jim at 3 weeks); a social gathering at a house in Roma (Northern Road); children asleep in bed; a rugby league match between Barcaldine and Longreach; Trucks carrying livestock (sheep) driving through town; a picnic; Currumbin Bird Sanctuary. 

Description based on film no. 14 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing three boys and other passengers on a boat trip; vintage cars driving along a coast road (most likely Gold Coast); a water-skiing show at Surfers Paradise Gardens; Coolangatta Zoo; a dolphin pool with dolphin feedings, and diving and artistic swimming demonstrations; a school girl putting on a uniform; a wedding. 

Description based on film no. 16 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Jacq and Eric in fancy dress, on swings, with a horse, off to Sunday School, Oct 1946; Eric's first effort at writing; miniature Deb Ball costumes, May 1946; Jacq 8th birthday, April 1946; a day at ‘Bellona’. 

Description based on film no. 17 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing scenes from Myall Park, Victoria, and other scenes. Damaged. 

Description based on film no. 18 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Eric's first day of school at Barcaldine State School, 1946, including posing with uniform, riding to school on back of bike, school parade, entering school building; children in fancy dress costumes at school; ‘cyclone’ damage at Barcaldine, 1945, including damage to Hotel Shakespeare, Nov. 1946; baby Robert - 2 weeks old; lawn bowls - Barcaldine & Longreach; Eric & Jacq on verandah; ‘cyclone’ damage at Mayfield Station. 

Description based on film no. 19 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing rowing races and crowds at the Head of River; the interior of the pharmacy on Nerang St; pelicans at Labrador; ANZAC Park at Southport; Eric rowing at Grafton and rowing competition; two girls (inc. Anita) playing with dolls in prams in the front yard of house in Hilltop Street, Labrador. 

Description based on film no. 20 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Robert's first steps, Jan. 1948; Robert’s  firm swim and family at beach, Tugun; children playing with hoses after swimming; Robert crawling on beach; Eric and Jenny on bike, Ash St, Barcaldine; collecting berries and playing on swings in park, Barcaldine; Jenny's first day of school – walking to school; swimming at Alice River; Robert, Jacq and Eric playing on lawn on Elm Street, Barcaldine; Robert playing in sandpit; baby Jimmy. 

Description based on film no. 21 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Eric’s 8th Birthday Party, Jim at table and in bath; swimming at Roma Baths (with Denise Spencer) including Jacq and Eric in baths; swimming at Logan River near Beaudesert (with Stephensons); children among flowers on fern-house roof at Tugun. 

Description based on film no. 22 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing children in a cubby house; butchering whales at 
North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd, Byron Bay; vintage cars driving along a coast road (most likely Gold Coast); a girl paddling in a canoe; a man holding a koala; family at the beach. 

Description based on film no. 23 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing cattle crossing flooded Alice River led by horses; a swarm of bees and a beekeeper; Barcaldine Football Team, winners Western Premiership, gathered for formal photograph; a floral display; a school sports event; the boat ‘Landfall’ passing Labrador; speed boat racing at Land’s End. 

Description based on film no. 24 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing an intertitle 'The date was June 17th 1946. The place was out at the Alice River. The people are? Well! Look who’s there' followed by scenes of a large family picnic at Alice River (with the Stephens, Wilsons and Kirbys); a family gathering; a boy standing on a fence (Eric says goodbye to Daddy); an intertitle 'Her first efforts at riding her birthday present from Mummy and Daddy' followed by footage of a girl (Jacq, 8 yrs old) riding a bicycle in a back yard and on a dirt street; a boy (Eric) dressed for Sunday School; children running along a footpath; children on swings and seesaw in Barcaldine Park; afternoon tea at park; tennis at Jaccoundoll Station; Jenny’s 5th birthday party at Jaccoundoll – Jenny cutting cake, party games; duck shooting; children on a visiting merry-go-round in Barcaldine. 

Description based on film no. 25 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a trench-digging machine at work at Roma; family at Picnic Point, Toowoomba; family pulled over on the roadside to look at hyacinth at Logan Bridge; views of Mt Warning, Tweed River and Coolangatta; a visit to The Chalet Old Swiss Café;  a trip to Beechmont; Oasis pool at Sunnybank; Story Bridge; Currumbin Bird Sanctuary; Children (Rob and Jacq) on rocks at Currumbin; Murwillumbah street scenes; Byron Bay Lighthouse; Casino; Brisbane River in flood. 

Description based on film no. 26 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Eric as a baby (1942); Jacaranda in full bloom; timber truck overturned; Somerset Dam; Tugun; Coolangatta; Burleigh; Jacq’s birthday party. Damaged film. 

Description based on film no. 27 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Eric as a baby at ANZAC Day 1951; visit of Opera Company to Barcaldine; at park at Blackall; Eileen’s departure for Roma (1951); in garden in Elm Street, Barcaldine; Yeppoon; Maroochydore; Redcliffe; mowing lawn. Damaged film. 

Description based on film no. 28 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a Pacific cruise on the ‘Himalaya’. 

Description based on film no. 34 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a water skiing performance at Surfers Paradise Gardens; a Camera Club trip to Lost World including views of surrounding landscape and bushwalking; inside classrooms at St Hilda’s School; a Scouts group preparing to leave on a trip to Tamborine. 

Description based on film no. 37 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing views of Currumbin Valley; Fingal rocks; views around Terranora including Tweed River ferry and Tweed Heads; beach games; a picnic; views from plane flying to Sydney; Rosehill Races; Head of the River rowing competition; views from Burleigh Hill; a boy holding a snake; rowing on the Brisbane River; views from Mt Coot-tha. 

Description based on film no. 38 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Roma (Northern Road house), Tewantin; Gin Gin shop; Sydney Harbour; Tasmania. 

Description based on film no. 40 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Edgar Tolmie smoking behind Hilltop Street, Labrador; children coming out of Sunday School; the wreck of the boat ‘Anita’; views from Hilltop Street; a wedding; a marching band on a Gold Coast street and playing in a bandstand; views from Burleigh Hill; bushwalking and a King Orchid in a tree; a Gold Coast parade with floats; rowing on the Mowbray Reach of the Brisbane River and the C.E.G.S rowing shed; a rugby match at C.E.G.S. 

Description based on film no. 41 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing rowing; Eileen leaving Hilltop Street house for overseas; The Southport School Rowing Club and rowing regatta. 

Description based on film no. 42 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing the 1953 Royal Visit to Brisbane including a band playing in a suburban street and large crowds on suburban streets to watch to Royals pass; bushwalking at Springbrook; a car race on dirt and bitumen roads with large crowds. 

Description based on film no. 43 (part a) in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing The Southport School and telecast footage of the Head of the River rowing competition. 

Description based on film no. 44 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing Robert as a baby; cattle near Alice River; Eric checking for watermelon seedlings; a birthday party for Jenny's 6th birthday party; Robert in pram and on Mickey Mouse rocker; a large bunch of tomatoes; children (Jacq and Eric) blowing bubbles. 

Description based on film no. 45 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage mostly showing an E.C.A.F.E. (Economic Commission for Asia & the Far East) conference held at Lennons Broadbeach Hotel. The beginning of the film shows footage of a zoo with monkeys and swans, and children on a boat trip passing farm houses and a building with ‘Bay View Theatre, General Store’ painted on its roof. This is followed by the conference with external shots of Lennons, the empty conference room laid out for delegates and then the conference underway. This is followed by footage of delegates attending an event and socialising at “’Wantalanga’ Romney-Marsh Stud” at Beechmont. 

Description based on film no. 46 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a killer whale being unloaded from a QANTAS plane for transportation, and then swimming in a pool on arrival at Sea World; Gold Coast street scene; surfing; bushwalking at Natural Arch; animals at a drive through safari park. 

Description based on film no. 51 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage mostly showing a cruise to Fiji on the ship ‘Orcades’. The film begins with footage taken from the deck a cruise ship leaving a crowded dock; sunbaking, swimming and playing games on the deck of the ship; views of the coast; a visit to Fiji including street scenes, craft demonstrations, climbing coconut palms and traditional dancing. 

Description based on film no. 43 (part b) in notebooks. 

Home movie titled ‘Hayman Island’ showing footage of a trip to the island in 1959. Intertitles throughout the film add details. The film contains aerial footage taken en-route to Hayman Island including Mackay Harbour. The film also shows footage of the resort at Hayman Island, day trips aboard the ‘Island Gypsy’, Lindeman Island, the Hook Island lighthouse, a glass-bottom boat and Clarke Reef. 

Description based on film no. H70 in notebooks. 

Home movie footage showing a wedding, March 1962 and footage of Main Beach. 

Black and white home movie footage with explanatory intertitles showing a trip to Warburton and Tarwin River district, 1932. Also includes scenes of a large parade in Melbourne and other holiday footage. 

Black and white home movie footage taken in Sydenham, 1931 -1932