Ghost Town Puts Clock Back 100 Years. Australian Diary 55

From the Film Australia Collection of the National Film and Sound Archive. Made by the National Film Board 1952. Directed by Jack S Allan. Celebrates the centenary of Hill End, near Bathurst in NSW, once the heart of a gold rush.

[@davechristian7543]

Cheers from an aussie living in the arctic among pollar bears n eskimos.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

wow dude.. 👍🏻

[@reedbender1179]

Found any gold yet ? 🤣...

[@abundantYOUniverse]

What a gem, fantastic thanks!

[@Paul-L125]

Great town ☺️

[@Scott.V.Grube1]

Hill End hasn't changed. 🤣

[@davechristian7543]

Oh wow is that hill end " wow I didn't no cheers 🥂

[@pagonabarbata1364]

The Bridal Track has recently re-opened after the landslide that occurred 10 years ago.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

"Over 1 millions pounds of gold was won in the 70's" The are talking about the 1870's, That is interesting to hear! Great video!

[@garyleigh]

Did not pick up on that little fact. Nice.

[@NFSAFilms]

Yes because when this film was made the 1970s were still 15 years away.

[@danrobinson572]

Even the old timers are still fit.

[@mareelong6575]

my ancestor crushed the Holtmann nugget( william Toft pullen)

[@hellie_el]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@danrobinson572]

That town looks really nice. Is it the same now?

[@davechristian7543]

So there was 30 thousand ppl in hill end still in 1955. Wow really. Ha

[@reedbender1179]

Not quite, 30 k during the rush, 150 when doco made in 1955 and a couple of dozen people now.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

0:10 our flag used to be red.. there’s no denying it 🐴

[@auntyrooth3310]

So many older men still fit.🦘❤

[@JackiePrime]

They’re actually only in their 30s. Life was rough.

[@paulrummery6905]

Yep..I don't recall meeting any fat farmers in the 70s. 😉