Australian Diary 77: New Australians Live in Unusual Home

A short program from 1954 form the Film Australia Library. New Australians Live in Unusual Home shows how the toll keeper and his wife, recent immigrants from Scotland, live onsite at the Indooroopilly Bridge. Filmed between 1947 and 1970, the Australian Diary series records how Australians have lived, worked and played over the years. Director: Jack S Allan

Category:

Education

Tags:

• unusual
• homes
• bridges
• toll
• keepers
• Indooroopilly
• Jack
• Allan
• Australian
• History

[bigparao]

@gljohnson33

hahah yeah its still there, its part of the bridge! They cant really take it away. No one lives there anymore though

[gljohnson33]

that is soooooo not fair. what an awesome home... would love to see an updated version... is it still there or not?

[Drf7at]

don't you love videos made in the 50s. You could learn a lot from this =p especially the lord and master bit =)

[Drf7at]

the 300kg fat guy who had emergency service drill a hole in the wall to get him out and using a crane because he couldn't fit going down the normal flight of stairs.

[vinnywelsh]

LOL with mrs mcdougal preparing breakfast for her lord and master.....Familiar.....of course it is! im more insulted by the use of the "cheap a55" scotish stereotype!

[MrSnoop77]

Lived there...

[be8282]

apparantly a fat guy lives there.....

[chadstur1991]

COME ON SCOTLAND

[ryanonfire]

Where's the waiting list for this apartment???

[missvue87]

wow i live like 50m away from the walter taylor bridge. I've always wanted to know what it was like inside the apartment in the bridge. There are people living in one of the apartments and i think the other one which is the one these guys are living in is empty. I wana live in the other one.