This picture was one of fifty Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection Restoration Project.
Danny's nickname is "Bandy," short for "bandicoot". A bandicoot is a small Australian marsupial.
Noah Taylor is the Godfather of Loene Carmen's daughter Holiday Sidewinder, they became life long friends after the film.
The "Spirit of Progress" was the name given the train that ran from Melbourne to Sydney.
The poem read by the teacher is "Train Journey" by Judith Wright.