Film of Australia and Australians from the late 1890s and early 1900s. Includes film of the Federation Procession and signing of Federation documents, Sydney 1.1.1901; the Boer War Servicemen's Review, Centennial Park Sydney 3.1.1901; rare Boer War scenes,
including sequences of Australian contingents; first opening of Federal Parliament, Melbourne, May 1901; with a brief history of the Salvation army's Limelight Department which filmed much of the footage.
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