Pioneering ABC camera operator Dorothy Hallam s work to be preserved showcasing changing times
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When Dorothy Hallam paid 150 pounds for a film camera 60 years ago, people thought she d gone insane but it didn t take long for her to make her money back.
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Dorothy Hallam filmed 176 stories for ABC News between 1961 and 1983, mostly on the Tasman Peninsula
She was the first woman to shoot film for the organisation