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Cut Copy, Eskimo Joe, Jonathan Boulet Star In Great Southern Land Video

30 August 2012 | 9:22 am | Scott Fitzsimons

The clip was put together by Iva Davies and Tourism Australia

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Tourism Australia have marked the 30th anniversary of Icehouse's Great Southern Land, with the release of an online video clip featuring a number of established and emerging local acts performing a version of the track.

The video, which Tourism Australia assures is 'low budget' for them, is the result of a project which started last year at Homebake, where Icehouse headlined. Circulated around the internet this morning, after being launched in Sydney last night, the clip was created specifically for online media but will not be used as an ad for Tourism Aus, who describe is as a “passion project”.

The clip features Cut Copy, Eskimo Joe, Katie Noonan, Van She, Muscles, Eskimo Joe, Jonathan Boulet contestants from Young Talent Time amongst others and was filmed around the country at locations like the Blue Mountains, Uluru, Parliament House, Chinatown, Bondi Beach and others.

Icehouse's Iva Davies - one of Tourism Australia's 'Friends Of Australia' - recently spoke to theMusic.com.au about the track in detail, particularly the track's humble beginnings.

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"Interestingly I was actually very nervous about the release of it [and] one of the reasons for that was because it was very long," Davies admitted. "The suggestion was made – I think it was from within the record company – they wanted to cut off the very long note that starts the song and I absolutely resisted this because for me that one single note was the kind of defining core of the song.

"It was all about horizon, about that expansive view and to me that was best summed up by just holding one single note as if you were looking at the horizon of the sea or looking across some vast plain. So I absolutely resisted the idea of cutting off that note. So, yes, there were lots of kind of sonic pointers towards that sort of picture, although, as is the case with lots of songs, most of those choices are more instinctive than they are calculated."