Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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While World War II had commenced in late 1939, in 1940 Darwin was yet to feel the full implications. This excerpt from Through the Centre , is part of a larger documentary sponsored by the Shell Company about an expedition sent to map a tourist route from Perth through northern Western Australia via Broome and the Kimberleys to Darwin and then south through Central Australia to Adelaide