
An extract from the camphor laurel tree, camphor is a member of the terpene family of chemicals.
Camphor is used in the manufacture of cellulose nitrate film as a plasticiser. Camphor is also used as a natural insect repellent.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.