The "Australian Diaries" were produced by Mr J S Allan. They first appeared in 1946 and thereafter were made on a regular basis of approximately seven to ten each year. The diaries ran approximately one thousand feet, generally lasted about ten minutes and contained between one and six newsreel type items. They were featured regularly on the Hoyts circuit in Australia and were shown in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and elsewhere as well as on television in the United States of America. 
The contents of the Australian Diaries Nos. 1 - 129 are shown on Attachment A.
 
This series contains audiovisual formats. As audiovisual formats are either redundant or susceptible to deterioration, some items in this series have been copied to ensure their preservation. Preservation copying involves the creation of preservation, duplicating and reference copies. These copies can be found in the following series:

Preservation copies: C5248, Motion picture film and audio preservation copies of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia film production

Duplicating copies: C5249, Motion picture film and audio duplicating copy of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia film production

Reference copies: C5250, Motion picture film and audio reference copy of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia film production

Preservation copies: C5322, Video preservation copies of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia film production
  
Duplicating copies: C5323, Video duplicating copies of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia film production  

Reference copies: C5324, Video Reference copies of C20, Australian Diary, Film Australia 
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