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A CELEBRATION OF RURAL LIFE
A MultiMedia Production on CDrom
MUSIC TEXT
MOVIES
STILL IMAGES
VOICE
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Celebration of Rural Life on CDrom has been created to promote the positive aspects of
working and living in remote, rural locations with the intention of attracting and
retaining professional people for communities in Far North Queensland, Australia.
A
treasure trove of information, the CDrom provides an interactive environment for exploring
two remote, rural Queensland communities: Cooktown and Croydon
Amongst a variety of choices, you may, for example:
- See and listen to interviews with community members.
- Explore local maps; read directions for getting there; find out what services are available.
- Watch Croydon’s restored Gold Stamper in operation.
- Enjoy original poetry and music.
- Check out youth activities.
- Catch Opening Day Ceremony’s for Cooktown’s Milbi Wall, a Reconciliation Project (1998).
The
CDrom demonstrates that communities can gather, archive and publish local information in
an entertaining manner using affordable digital media tools and skills. Production
companies can be small, local and sensitive to local knowledge. Skills can be acquired
that enhance a community’s ability to survive in tomorrow’s world, to take
charge of the community’s image as well as to preserve and pass along valuable
information for future generations.
A CDrom is capable of
holding information equivalent to an entire encyclopedia (and weighs a lot less) or 600
high quality photos or 60 minutes of video or a combination of these as we chose to use in
Celebration of Rural Life. CDroms can be replicated inexpensively in small quantities for
niche markets.
Current technology provides affordable and challenging opportunities for local communities.