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Farm for underprivileged boys in New South Wales

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Description: This is footage from a voiceovered newsreel from 1966 about Iandra Methodist Rural Centre. The caption reads: ‘VS Of large old mansion called Iandra. VS Some of the underprivileged boys who live in mansion and then they go off to work on the fields and in the pig pens. MS Group of boys, pan to flock of sheep. VS Boy collecting eggs from chicken battery. LS Boys attending the church. The boys are trained in farming techniques to get themselves a better start in life. GV Of farmlands from mansion.

(Comb. F.G.) Old record suggests material dates from around 21/08/1966.’

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