[Rice growing and distribution in Australia]

Description: Silent film showing the process of rice growing in Australia and its storage and distribution. Printed shot-list accompanying the film indicates “Victorian Railways” and suggested script. Silent film with no title, intertitles or credits. To quote from the shot-list “…Rice is grown under irrigation in the Murrumbidgee, Coleambally and Murray Valley districts of NSW and, near Townsville in Queensland. From a humble beginning, the industry has prospered, reaching a production of 284,000 tons of rice harvested in 1971. The average yield of Australian rice is the highest in the world 3 tons of grain per acre.”