Outback Patrol
Directed byLee Robinson
Produced byStanley Hawes
Narrated byChips Rafferty
CinematographyFrank Bagnall
Production
company
Release date
9 October 1952[1]
Running time
20 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Outback Patrol is a 1952 documentary about the patrol of a policeman in the Northern Territory outback, Constable Robert Darkin, and the various tasks he must perform. The movie has since become a study text in Australian secondary schools.[2][3] Robinson said it "was a very successful picture."[4]

References

  1. "Australian T.V.Film". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 October 1952. p. 7 Section: Women's section. Retrieved 30 August 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "NT DOCUMENTARY". The Northern Standard. Darwin, NT. 17 October 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.


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