Alfred James Hoole film footage and papers

Home movie footage including scenes of the Hoole family at home at Brookfield; swimming in creeks; a birthday party; a campfire; a street parade with decorated floats and marching bands; and family trips and picnics.

Film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues. They were accompanied by author and illustrator Harry Hudson. Includes footage of Cloncurry; aerial views of Gregory Downs Station; Gregory River; Doomadgee Mission scenes, Leichardt River; Burketown airfield and hospital; Mornington Island scenes; Augustus Downs Station; aerial views of Normanton and Normanton scenes; Normanton to Croydon via rail; and Croydon scenes.

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Film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues. Includes aerial footage over the Cape York Coast, Thursday Island and Horn Island; and footage of Thursday Island scenery and harbour.

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Film footage showing a dental congress at Lake Eacham in the Atherton Tablelands (including boating on the lake); cane fields in the Aloomba and Gordonvale area; the Musgrave Loco and other cane trams; Barron Falls; and a visit to an unidentified Aboriginal community.

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Film footage of a visit to an unidentified Aboriginal community.

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Film footage showing crowds gathered for the royal visit of 1954 viewed from the Dental Hospital in Turbot Street and in Bardon; Australian author Harry Hudson sketching at Brookfield; Tweed Valley; Tumbulgum Ferry; Currumbin Bird Sanctuary; and Elephant Rock, Currumbin.

Film footage of a visit to Palm Island beginning with views of Townsville and the boat trip. The Palm Island scenes mostly show groups of school children.

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Edited biographical film about Alfred Hoole and his career. The majority of the film focuses on his surveys of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities in 1951 and 1952. The silent film compiles edited film footage from the movies of Alfred Hoole's trips and includes extensive captions, identification and explanations of the footage. The film includes descriptions for the content shown in the films at Items 2, 3, 7, 11, 12 and 14 as well as other footage.

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Copy of film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues ca. 1951.

Includes footage showing boat trip from Nagir to Poruma Island (Coconut Island); Poruma Island scenes including grass thatched church; boat trip and fishing between Poruma Island and Mer (Murray Island); Mer scenes including welcoming ceremony and dancers; Erub Island (Darnley Island); Ugar (Stephens Island) scenes including church; Iama (Yam Island) including grass thatched school; Cowal Creek Aboriginal Reserve on Cape York; scenes of visits to unidentified Aboriginal missions probably in Cape York.

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Copy of film footage of a visit to Palm Island beginning with views of Townsville and the boat trip ca. 1952. The Palm Island scenes mostly show groups of school children.

Copy of film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues ca. 1951. The footage shows an Aboriginal mission, mostly likely Mapoon.

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Copy of film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues in 1952. Includes footage showing Cloncurry River; author Harry Hudson sketching at Burketown; Cloncurry Airfield; Leichardt River and Lorraine Station.

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Copy of film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues in May 1951. Includes aerial footage over the Cape York Coast, Thursday Island and Horn Island; and footage of Thursday Island scenery and harbour.

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Copy of film footage taken on a survey of dental health in remote North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities by Alfred Hoole and colleagues in June 1951. Includes aerial footage over the Cape York Coast, Thursday Island and Horn Island; and footage of Thursday Island scenery and harbour.

Copy of film footage of a trip taken by Alfred Hoole and colleagues to north west Queensland in 1952. They were accompanied by author and illustrator Harry Hudson. Includes footage of Cloncurry, aerial views of Gregory Downs Station; Gregory River; Doomadgee Mission scenes, Leichardt River; Burketown airfield and hospital; Mornington Island scenes; Augustus Downs Station; aerial views of Normanton and Normanton scenes; Normanton to Croydon via rail; Croydon scenes.

Compiled short snippets of film footage taken by Alfred Hoole around Queensland in the 1950s.

Includes footage of Warwick; Townsville; Aloomba and Gordonvale; Balonne River; Barron Falls; Eungella; Innisfail; Kirra; Kuranda; Sugar Mill (possibly Babinda); High Street, Toowong; Roma; Royal visit 1954; St George; Sugar cane at Aloomba; Surat; Timber jinker at Eungella; Townsville Dental Clinic; Warwick; Wheat at Wyreema. Explanatory title pages have been inserted into the footage before some clips. Some snippets are duplicated in varying quality.

Edited film footage relating to sugar cane farming taken in various locations in the 1950s. The footage includes harvesting cane and cane trams transporting cut cane. Explanatory title pages have been inserted into the footage.

Copy of home movie footage showing farm scenes in the Brookfield area in the 1950s. The footage includes flooding; children riding on a home made sled towed by a horse; and ploughing fields with a horse drawn plough.

Edited film footage, with narration by Joan Frew, using the home movies of Alfred Hoole to illustrate life in the Brookfield area during the 1950s. The narration identifies landmarks, buildings, roads and paths visible in the footage.