Marvellous Melbourne

Marvellous Melbourne
Directed byCosens Spencer
Produced byCosens Spencer
CinematographyErnest Higgins
Distributed byWests Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 1910 (1910)
Running time
15 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Marvellous Melbourne: Queen City of the South is a 1910 documentary of Melbourne that takes the audience through the hotspots of its central business district and surrounding features. Published in 1910, the film stands as the oldest surviving documentary of the city.[2] It is currently housed at the National Film & Sound Archive in Pyrmont, Sydney. At the time of filming, Melbourne was the federal capital of Australia, until the development of Canberra in 1927.

  1. ^ "Advertising". Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 February 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 November 1910. p. 16. Retrieved 4 September 2013.