Three friends are skiing in the Snowy Mountains. Bad weather closes in and they make their way to Mawson’s Hut for shelter.

Episode 129 of Australian Diary by the Australian National Film Board effectively promotes Thredbo Alpine Village ski resort.

This silent clip is an excerpt from a longer piece of footage from 1926 that follows the journey of a group of tourists who go skiing in the Victorian Alps.

The snowfields of the Australian Alps are larger than those in Switzerland according to this documentary made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1957.

Horses and snow is not a familiar image for Australian cinema audiences let alone international audiences who most likely think of Australia as either red desert or golden beaches.

This home movie from 1929 shows Canberra residents playing in the snow in Civic, between the Sydney and Melbourne buildings.