Australian diary. No. 072

The following items are featured in this interesting cinemagazine: plywood veneer cut from giant trees is shown being made in a factory near Cairns using local timber; Ravenswood, ghost town with glamour near Townsville, was once a busy mining town but now has a very small population including the young woman who runs the local store and many other services; Manus Island, part of Papua New Guinea is a very important Pacific base for the RAAF.