Australian diary. No. 044

Description: This newsreel features the Garden City of Launceston in Tasmania and its beautiful surrounding countryside. Giant pipes made in an Adelaide factory bring water from the Murray River to South Australia. The tourist attractions of Hayman Island on the Great Barrier Reef are shown. Hollywood comes to Australia as on the set of the film ‘Kangaroo’ made at a studio near Port Augusta, actress Maureen O’Hara is sprayed with DDT to keep off the flies!