This series contains material shot by Jeffrey and Bob Bester. This series of films can be distinguished from the series NS4432 in that the subject matter here more broadly relates to the private interests and activites of both men outside of their normal business activities with Ash, Bester and Co.

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NS5034/1/1

Locations: Tasmania's west coast

Mount Murchison

McIntosh [sic; Mackintosh] River

Lake Margaret

King River

Henty River

Strahan

Ocean Beach

Mount Lyell

Rosebery

Lake St. Clair

River Derwent

Scenes: *captioned*

barren hills

smelter outbuildings

road to King River

Stan and Bonnie Tilley and kids

ore bucket railway

XM Falcon station wagon driving across the Henty River Bridge

long shot mountain scenery

Jeff with kids on the bridge

turbulent river

small waterfalls

Murchison Highway under construction [opened 13 December 1963]

harbour views

beach

Tilley family

Bester family

Jeff Stan kids piggy-back race

Derwent Scottish Pipe Band

smelters

blast furnaces

pouring slag

tapping copper

bridge

river

kids

NS5034/1/2

Locations: Queenstown

Lake Margaret power station

Port Arthur

Scenes: pouring blister copper

red Vauxhall rail car exteriors and interiors

power station

rotating the rail car on the turntable

inside the power station

view from atop the penstocks looking down to the power station

the rail car in motion

Stan Tilley in the rail car

long shot of the smelter works

opening scallops

baby in the bath

NS5034/1/3

Locations: The Gorge Launceston

Coles Bay

Glen Huon

27 Hinsby Road Taroona

Mount Wellington

Ross

Burnie

Battery Point

Sorell

Tasman Peninsula

Port Arthur

Deloraine

Meander River

Liffey Falls

Great Western Tiers

Pavilion Point

Cambrdige aerodrome

Swansea

Huon River

Elizabeth Street Hobart

Huonville

Sleeping Beauty

Alexander Battery Sandy Bay

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Bell Street New Town

Scenes: fixing wheel on vehicle

family scenes

Fay

view of the bridge

oast houses

bush fire

snow-capped mountain

Jeff mowing lawns

Violet & Bob's garden and produce

township buildings and bridge

beach headlands

Jones' Pier

paper mill

steam train

Australian Paper Manufacturing company

ferry SS Lurgurena

Lenna hotel

causeway

Tasman Arch

historical ruins

hop fields

harvesting

church interiors

fishing trout

waterfalls

Fay Bester and Violet

Neil Bester

Great Western Tiers longshot

golden carp in pond

gardens

Violet

Pavilion Point steam train

biplane

ruins

Bester family on the beach

red pedal car

Ash, Bester & Co. shopfront

picking apples

Bob Fay & Jeff

Grand Hotel and bridge

Violet Jeff and Fay on the swings

general scenes

snow fight

Fay & friends picnic

men's field hockey

Billee chiraroscuro

NS5034/1/4

Locations: 31 Hinsby Road Taroona

Japan

Constantia Nek

Cape Town

Alexandra Battery

Hobart city

Hinsby Beach

Queen's Domain Hobart

River Derwent

Taroona Bowls Club

Thailand

Townsville

Royal Hobart Showgrounds Glenorchy

Domain Hobart

Scenes: sheep paddock

Santa has been caption

train platform

Japan temples

statues

disembarking ship port

palace

coast resort

bay

islands

fishing boats

sea port

onboard passenger vessel

equator crossing ceremony

tea rooms

monkeys

man & woman in snow holding baby

toddler in pram

mother & baby at beach

city streets

St. David's Cathedral

motor racing

wedding party arriving

Japanese gardens

Jeff & Billee & kids

sailing

lawn bowls

Japanese schoolchildren

harbour

cafe

streets

life on the river

aboard the cruise ship

orchards

scooters Vespas racing

man rolling a cigarette smoking reading a book

royal visiti Queen Elizabeth

NS5034/1/5

Locations: Mumbai India

Port Said

Egypt

Cairo

London

Sussex

Hampshire

Brighton

Cambridge

Amsterdam

Camden

Banbury Oxfordshire

Piccadilly Circus

Versailles Gardens

Switzerland

Scenes: unnamed people

zoo

elephants

giraffes

fishtanks

dhobis handwashing clothes in concrete sinks outdoors

pyramids

temple

view of city

mountains

large swell while at sea

Fay Bester running toward camera

Port of London Authority building

Fay & friends

The White House restaurant

countryside

Winchester Cathedral

Windsor Castle

Fay with dogs

polo match

sea baths

Cambridge University

Trooping the colour

Tower Bridge

HM Queen Elizabeth II on horseback

thatched roof houses

Fay with another older woman

Fay with an older couple

Fay with another woman

view from cable car cabin

assorted city street scenes

mannequins in shop windows

market

train station

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NS5034/1/6

Locations: Pearson's [sic; Pierson's] Point Tinderbox toward North Bruny Island Coningham Electrona

Waterworks Reserve

46 Taroona Crescent

Taroona beach

Domain

Coningham

Cloudy Bay Bruny Island

Wrest Point long shot

Sandy Bay to Mount Wellington panning left to right

Tilley home Birngana Avenue Sandy Bay

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

Scenes: Canon camera test

Billee Bester

Bolex B8 test

sheep

Billee Kim Robert

Kim being fed

Robert with Kim

Billee with Kim

Robert with Bob Bester

Neil Bester?

Bester children at the beach

Jeff with kids on swings

kids at the beach

heavy swell rolling in

Southern Car Club Domain Hill Climb open-wheeler sedan racing

regatta yacht racing

kids with Stan Tilley

Billee watching the kids swim

Jeff in inflatable raft

Tasmanian Government Railways train

Royal Hobart Regatta

Billee with kids at Tilley home

view of around Tilley home with unsealed roads and few houses

Jeff Billee Robert Kim with Ken loading up the dinghy for a picnic

view from on the water

kids playing on the beach

Christmas morning Fern with Heather Billee Robert

on the beach

NS5034/1/7

Locations: Hobart

Royal Showgrounds Glenorchy

Hobart waterfront

Bellerive Quay

Lower Sandy Bay

River Derwent foreshore Hobart

31 Hinsby Road

Rose Bay Esplanade

Scenes: Billee and kids in carriage TGR train from the city terminus view of Tasman Bridge through window

Royal Hobart Show

Last Days of Bellerive Ferry caption

M.V. Derwent ferry

good shots of mountain waterfront bridge shoreline city

kids handing out milk in bottles to classmates

Christmas morning

Bester family enjoying Christmas lunch Billee Bob & Violet Bester Neil Bester Robert Kim Heather

opening the presents

SS Risdon last vessel to pass through lifting section of Hobart floating pontoon bridge

*excellent shots of the section raising and lowering and close-up of vessel passing through*

camera in vehicle driving on Hobart floating pontoon bridge

*excellent longshot of traffic on both bridges from near Pavilion Point westerrn side of river*

view of both bridges from eastern shore

Billee with some other people

tugs removing the Hobart floating pontoon bridge shot from eastern shore vantage point

*excelllent footage of a section being removed*

NS5034/1/8

Wineglass Bay

The Hazards

Mosquito Creek

Glen Huon

Scenes: view from the shore of yacht

Billee

yacht again

Billee with another woman

Billee making Robert a sandwich

the family car

Billee Jeff Robert boiling the billy

Billee with Bonnie [Tilley]

Heather with Robert on swings

picnic on the beach

walking up the mountains

distant view of the bay

sunset

lunch by the lake

kids in the inflatable raft

kids everywhere

abalone

swimming

out in the dinghy

NS5034/1/9

Locations: view of River Derwent Hobart from Domain regatta grounds

Hinsby Road Taroona

Scenes: boats at the regatta

RAN flagship HMAS Voyager

regatta grounds

surf-lifesaving crews

RAAF Central Flying School first official aerobatic team formed in 1962, the Red Sales, using De Havilland Vampire jet fighters [predecessor to The Roulettes]

RAAF Canberra bomber

more sailing

boats tied up at wharf gasometer can be see in background

US navy vessels

boys playing on the pontoon

crowd gathered around the cenotaph ANZAC Day *double exposed*

Jeff mowing the lawns cigarette in mouth

seagulls

kids on swings

kids playing with wet cement

baby William?

view of cliffs

flowers

kids

blue pedal car

Kimbra

rocking horse

NS5034/1/10

Locations: near Bicheno

River Derwent Hobart

River Derwent New Norfolk

Bellerive

Scenes: blow hole

getting into the car

on the beach

Jeff loading up the car Morris Minor 1100 mini traveller station wagon

barbecue

kids eating lamb chops

getting the sailboat Sea Falcon into the water

sailing racing

Stan Tilley in wetsuit about to water-ski

view of Stan taken from the boat

more water-skiing

Jeff Bester water-skiing

NS5034/1/11

Locations: River Derwent New Norfolk

Hinsby Road Taroona

Hinsby Beach

Scenes: Tasmanian Water-skiing Championships *good slo-mos*

baby Sam comes home

Sam with Bill [William] at Gumledge

finish of Sydney-Hobart yacht race Pen Duick III

pouring concrete for the driveway

Kim Heather Robert Bill at the house site

penguin on Hinsby Beach

Sam's 3rd birthday

SS Risdon

sailing

NS5034/1/12

Locations: Sandy Bay

River Derwent and foreshore Hobart

Hinsby Beach Taroona

31 Hinsby Road Taroona

Hobart waterfront

Scenes: Heather at 3-4 months

regatta scenes

pavilion

skindivers

Royal yacht Brittania sailing up the river

Royal Australian Navy Bristol Sycamore helicopter overhead partially constucted bridge in distance

regatta flagship HMAS Quickmatch

more Brittania

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Duke of Edinburgh leave the regatta

more regatta activities

HMAS Melbourne aircraft carrier

Cartela ferry

TGR train

HE Governor and Lady Rowallan met by Governor Sorell and Sally

longshot government house

crew aboard HMAS Melbourne

more Brittania as she leaves

kids on the beach

riding ponies at Taroona High School

various scenes at home with the kids

sailing Stella

Jeff in the row boat

Heather at Gumledge

Robert with camera

Heather

Robert Kimbra Heather with Jeff Billee at wharves

English-Speaking Union Cup for Dragon yachts

Sandy Bay Primary break up

Heather walks up the drive

Robert driving his billycart

Christmas turkey prepared by Billee

Stan Tilley trying to get into a Canadian canoe

NS5034/1/13

Southport

Elwick Racecourse Glenorchy

Marion Bay

National Park

Queen's Domain

Cenotaph

Alexandra Battery

Scenes: putting speed boat into the water

shots from onboard

Stan tilley and two other chaps having lunch and a can of Foster's lager

Stan tinkering with the engine

views from onboard

having a cup of tea on the beach

horse racing

punters placing bets

the crowd in the grandstand

riders and their mounts leaving the yard

the race

returning to the mounting yard

presentation of the Hobart Cup?

more scenes from the race day

kids paddling

Billee and kids

Robert Kimbra Heather

echidna

Bill Robert Kimbra Billee

football on the beach

kangaroos

Commonwealth Day celebrations

Heather Robert Kimbra at school enjoying the celebrations

Kimbra with her Australian flag and hat

the wood stackers at the Bester home

the kids helping Jeff with the wood

Queen's birthday salute

man in row boat

kids on the swings

Bob Bester on the seesaw with Heather Robert Kimbra

Kimbra with her toy koala in the pram

Heather 2nd birthday

NS5034/1/14

Locations: Brady's Lake central Tasmania

Scenes: competitors competing in the Australian Slalom Canoe Championships event

NS5034/1/15

Locations: Canberra

Glasshouse Mountains

Maleny

Caloundra

Scenes: aerial shots from passenger plane

landing & takeoff

more aerials

Parliament House

Australian War Memorial

the kids playing

hinterland

commercial butter production

waterfall

Robert bushwalking with an older man

harvesting bananas from the back yard

picnic

piggery

piglets feeding

kids on the slippery slide

waterworks

at the swimming pool

river cruise

at the beach

hitching a ride on the back of a truck

NS5034/1/16

Locations: Cambridge Tasmania

Bruny Island

Darlington Maria Island

Gordon River

Sarah Island

Scenes: Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six light aircraft taxiing after landing

Stan Tilley climbing aboard the aircraft

taxiing to takeoff

view from onboard

aerial views

laning on the island and disembarking

views on the ground

coming in to land

landing

bushwalking

Arcadia II

view from onboard Billee Robert Kimbra

views further up the river from onboard

more views of Arcadia II

exploring the island

convict ruins

Billee with Sam

back on board

shot of the skipper

view of the harbour

sand dunes

NS5034/1/17

Sandy Bay

Scenes: Kimbra? unwrapping presents *underexposed*

Sam? birthday

kids digging on the beach

cleaining mud of shoes

William's birthday

Robert playing the organ

Christmas Day unwrapping presents

Christmas lunch

Sam's birthday

Hamlyn hot air ballon Wrest Point casino opening day

NS5034/1/18

Locations: River Derwent Hobart

Scenes: quad scull coxed fours race

regatta flagship HMAS Parramatta DE46

diving from the high platform

ferry Cartela

more high diving

ambulance taking away an injured person

powerboat race

view of the foreshore from the water

yacht racing

closeup of HMAS Parramatta

more yacht racing

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania sheds

onboard Bushranger

Billee Robert Heather Kimbra William Sam

SS Lurgurena passing in the background

general activity aboard the boat

sailing home

NS5034/1/19

Locations: Castray Esplanade

31 Hinsby Road Taroona

Scenes: finish of the Sydney to Hobart annual yacht race

shots from onboard Bushranger

quad sculls coxed fours rowing

*excellent scenes shot from onboard*

Robert with Bill riding a bicycle

NS5034/1/20

Locations: Tarraleah

Scenes: Billee Sam William Heather feeding wallabies

currawongs

wallaby with joey in pouch

hydro power scheme

Clark Dam

Butler's Gorge power station

playing in the snow

tobogganing

the family makes a snowman

putting the boat in the lake

Narcissus Hut

Lemonthyme Hut

putting the boat back on the trailer

Robert kayaking

Kimbra's birthday

NS5034/1/21

Locations: Lowlands Richmond

The Lea

St. Helens

Scenes: Scout camp

Sam swimming

Heather kayaking

Jeff in the inflatable canoe

canoe slalom demonstration

Robert Bester P. Kerrison George Reid Peter Hall performing Eskimo rolls

scouts long weekend regatta

kayak race

NS5034/1/22

Locations: River Derwent

Sandy Bay

Bellerive

Kingston

Scenes: various local sailing regattas

sailing shot from onboard Bushranger

*approximately 60 seconds of black screen*

Billee with Kimbra in the dinghy

more sailing

NS5034/1/23

The Gorge Launceston

Zeehan Teepookana

Trial Harbour

Lake St. Clair

Scenes:Sam with William riding billycarts

Sam with William playing with rope swing

the boys photographing one another

the kids playing on an Emu Bay Railway carriage/locomotive

ABT railway Mount Lyell

mining museum

Stan Tilley preparing the Cessna 172 for flight

Bester family and friends exploring the bush

everyone in the Kombis

crossing Iron Bridge over the King River

view of the swirling waters from the bridge

the family having their evening meal

the beach

Billee organising a picnic

everyone enjoying the picnic

climbing sand dunes

siphoning fuel out of the Kombi the old-fashooned way

heading home

bogged boat trailer pulled out by tractor

Billee making lunch

pademelons

NS5034/1/24

Locations: Brady's Lake central Tasmania

Football ground Nubeena Crescent Taroona

Scenes: competitors competing in the Australian Slalom Canoe Championships event

boomerang throwing

Girl Guides

pitching a tent

cooking

washing

NS5034/1/25

Burrinjuck New South Wales

Yass

Scenes: sailing

taking the dinghy ashore

hydro electric scheme

car in vehicle

Robert with bust of A.B. Banjo Patterson

Jeff with the kids

everyone climbing aboard the red Kombi

NS5034/1/26

Kettering

Hippolyte Rocks

The Lanterns

Cape Hauy

Tasman Island

Scenes: Christmas Day

all the kids sitting around talking

Biil with Sam playing with the train set

family picnic

Bonnie & Stan Tilley

Gordon Dam under construction

family barbecue

kayaking

kayakers practicing Eskimo rolls

horses

Kimbra and friends playing hide-and-seek

horse-riding

waves coming ashore

pelicans

Kimbra Heather

boating

washing the pomeranian dog

fishing for tuna onboard Wilparina

more horses

cows

JAYKAYBE FILMS PRESENTS: Sailing in the Antipodes

onboard Julie F. fishing

NS5034/1/27

Locations: [Iron] Pot Bay

Ho[p]e Island

Scenes:sailing

Last harbour race

boats becalmed

Jeff onboard the boat

Billee with the kids fishing from the boat

Robert in the dinghy

NS5034/1/28

Iron Pot

Scenes: sailing Wilparina

shots onboard

Jeff steering the boat

lighthouse

*some scenes out of focus*

back to the sheds

NS5034/1/29

Locations: River Derwent

Scenes: Royal Hobart Regatta

parachutists

coxed eights rowing

powerboat racing

riding ponies

The Red Sales [predecessor to The Roulettes] RAAF aerobatics team flying De Havilland Vampire jet fighters

regatta flagship HMAS Parramatta F05

good view from onboard back toward foreshore showing the size of the crowd the regatta pavilion and nearby fuel depot

Australian Army Landing Ship Harry Chauvel AV1353

marching girls

DUKW amphibious landing craft

Billee holding William

shots from onboard

NS5034/1/30

Locations: North Hobart Oval

Scenes: highlights Tasmania Military Tattoo

NS5034/1/31

Bilton's Farm Brady's Marsh

Scenes: interview with men aboard the vessel

passing ships

fixing the tractor

riding the tractor

feeding Miriam

Kimbra playing guitar

William playing piano

heavy surf

lunch time

NS5034/1/32

Locations: Waterworks Reserve

Simmons Plains

Salamanca Place

Claremont High School

Scenes: Miriam's birthday

Violet Bester

motorcycle racing

Miriam opening gifts

in the bush

Auntie's Gift performing

view out the window

Billee & Elinor

Association Football

Auntie's Gift

NS5034/1/33

Locations: 31 Hinsby Road

Ted's Beach

Gordon Dam

Scenes: Elinor becomes mobile

Elinor's 1st birthday

Easter

Miriam

bringing Wilparina back

having lunch on the road

walking down to the dam

Finn's 2nd birthday

NS5034/1/34

Wynyard

Collins Street

Eaglehawk Neck

Brain's River

Hawley's Beach

Elizabeth Street

Falmouth

St. Helens

Binalong Bay

Boat Harbour

Muirs Beach

Queen Alexandra Hospital

7 Ashfield Street Sandy Bay

Cheverton Parade

Arcadia

Horseshoe Bay

Magnetic Island

Berriedale

Scenes: Bester family

Spencer Hospital

caption

caption Clarendon Home

Ship Hotel

waterfront

Queen Elizabeth II arrives

crowds

sailing Minerva

women's field hockey

ships on the river

Billee aboard Minerva

Jeff at the beach

Billee and others at the beach

view of the city

sailing with Billee

Jacalyn

outside Ash, Bester & Co.

Bob Bester aboard vintage car Oldsmobile

Billee on the beach

Billee & Jeff on the beach

Robert at 11 months

Billee and Robert

concreting the driveway

boiling the billy on the beach

Jo Tony Billee Robert

Robert feeding

Shell service station

Tilley Bester picnic

Billee with Kimbra leaving hospital

arrival home

Bonnie Robert Stan

Vern Reid's amphibious light aircraft

view from Tilley's block

Robert with Jacalyn playing with the pedal car

Christmas Day with the Tilleys

Robert McIntosh Robert Kimbra playing

Billee with the kids

mining

sugar cane train

punt crossing the river

various scenes near the beach

Kimbra Billee Heather

NS5034/1/86

AIF Artillery League picnic

tug-o-war

motorcycle stunts

clay-pigeon shooting

Cascade Brewery barrels

Burnie APPM

Forth River

children playing

Hinsby (colour)

flower garden

Jeff Bester

men and women changing and inflating a tyre

Violet, Fay and Jeff picking and eating raspberries

burning off scrub at Hinsby

fishermen with their catch at Hinsby

NS5034/1/87

Jeff & Billee sailing on the River Derwent

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