'I want to convey my affection for the vastness and variety of the architecture and buildings and scenery of Australia, and how on earth am I going to do it?'

In the autumn of 1971 Sir John Betjeman visited Australia. There it was spring. With his poet's eye he brought back his vision of Eastern Australia condensed into four programmes.
Tonight, in the first of the series, he looks at two of the great sources of Australian wealth - gold and wool - and the art and architecture which they produced.