[London: Ealing Studios, 1949]. Original English pressbook promoting the movie’s London release on 26th January 1949 (Sydney was on 7th May later that year).The pressbook contains a short introduction in French and Italian under the heading “The case that burns and flames in Australia’s history!”, followed by “How We Rebuilt Ballarat” by Harry Watt, the movie’s director, synopsis, biographies of performers, stills from the movie, nineteen potted stories for the local press to use, and examples of all the varieties of posters and advertisements available.The poster for the English release was by John Minton, the English artist and illustrator, (part reproduced on the cover), the pressbook contains two other illustrations by him.
