Documentary (1989) 50 minutes ~ Color
Ted Egan takes up the Snowy Mountains story a hundred years after Australia's favourite poet Banjo Paterson immortalised a young mountain horseman in his epic poem "The Man From Snowy River". Film is the most comprehensive story ever made in The Snowy Mountains. Features pioneering development and lifestyle of the mountain's people, including historic construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme. Filmed over 4 seasons, story also includes an aerial kaleidoscope of the high country from Spring to Winter with spectacular displays of wild flowers and fragile alpine wilderness.
Stars: Ted Egan
