Selling Lindfield – final decisive break with production history

Once a documentary powerhouse and key production complex, Film Australia's Lindfield site is a lump of dirt on the world market.
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Surrounded by greenery, just a bit north of the football field, Lindfield has brought bucolic pleasure to documentary makers for over fifty years.  

Lindfield is the production complex which housed the Commonwealth Film Unit and Film Australia from 1962 to 2008. For 52 years, its managers beat off every attack until the agency was abolished and its facilities became less and less relevant. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.