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Backchat, Episode 217 (1988)
In this program of audience response to ABC programs on television and radio, there’s appreciation for the ABC fillers, which can be seen behind the logo, as well as the ABC’s radio coverage of the Seoul Olympics. Tim ... [read more]
A lifelong ritual (1997)
Through illness, adolescence, travel, married life and old age, a woman (voiced by Arianthe Galani) recalls a lifelong ritual, started by her father when she was a baby, of taking a picture of herself every other day. [read more]
Investing in the unknown (2002)
An art auction. A woman is purchasing two pieces of art – a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi fish. [read more]
Lifesavers: Cryst-O-Mint Flavour (1925)
This cinema advertisement tells the story of Betty, a woman torn between a villain who tries to steal her father’s formula for Life Savers sweets, and Cudgy, the hero who saves Betty’s life twice throughout the advertisement and is never ... [read more]
Jack Thompson Down Under – Episode 3 (1987)
This magazine-style show presents aspects of Australian life culled from footage shot over the years by the ABC for their groundbreaking television documentary series A Big Country (1992), as well as from the archive of the national ... [read more]
Billy and Percy (1974)
This dramatised documentary is based on the diaries of Percy Deane, who became the private secretary of Prime Minister WM Hughes during one of the most controversial and exciting periods of Australian history. It was during the First World War ... [read more]
‘Along the Road to Gundagai’ (1931)
This 1931 version of ‘Along the Road to Gundagai’, composed by Jack O’Hagan in 1921, is performed by popular singer of the day Peter Dawson. This clip features the lesser known opening verse of the song. [read more]
Least Said, Soonest Mended (1999)
At age fifteen, in 1964, Val gave birth to an illegitimate baby girl. Her parents sent her to a school in another town until she had delivered the baby in secret and adopted it out. Steve, Val’s twin brother, who ... [read more]
The Aunty Jack Show – Series One (1972)
Sketch comedy interlaced with musical sequences, featuring Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond) the self-styled queen of Wollongong and a cast of glorious misfits including Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue), Aunty Jack’s much put upon sidekick as well as Flange Desire (Sandra McGregor), ... [read more]
Stingers – Ratcatcher (1998)
When a country schoolgirl goes missing after babysitting for a family called the Gallaghers, police suspect Ronnie Gallagher (John Brumpton) of foul play. Unable to find evidence, they turn to the undercover unit for help. Peter Church (Peter Phelps) and ... [read more]
Tribal Music of Australia (1953)
These songs, or manikay, are a series of songs passed down through generations from the ancestral beings that originally shaped and named the Yolngu homelands of north-east Arnhem Land. Accompanied by bilma (clapsticks) and yidaki (didjeridu), these manikay series are ... [read more]
Dipping Sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
Living Hawthorn (1906)
Historical footage filmed by Melbourne-based chemists Millard Johnson and William Gibson in Hawthorn, Victoria. [read more]
Mister Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin (1966)
Alfred Deakin served three terms as Prime Minister of Australia between 1903 and 1910. This biography examines Deakin’s achievements in the first decade of the Australian Commonwealth. [read more]
Plonk in trouble (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) is wanted for terrorism in 2007. Spotted by two police officers (Jo-Ann Lancaster, Simon Yates), he leads them on a chase through the city. [read more]
Kiwi Shoe Polish: Shine Sir (1914)
This Kiwi shoe polish cinema advertisement is a short narrative about two boys who want to apply for the vacant positions at the Imperial Hotel, London. The hotel’s boot staff have departed to join the Army. The two boys lament ... [read more]
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Broome boy Willy (Rocky McKenzie) must choose between studying to become a priest or following his heart and pursuing his love for Rosie (Jessica Mauboy). Rosie, an aspiring singer, loves to hang out at the bar and is invited to ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – 1924 Melbourne Cup (1924)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel shows the 1924 Melbourne Cup. It includes footage of the crowd as well as the race where Backwood won. [read more]
‘You’d have to burn the place down’ (2008)
Carla (Claire van der Boom) shows Ray (David Roberts) a sample of the money she’s found and tries to persuade him to help her steal the rest of it. When he baulks at her suggestion, she questions whether he’s serious ... [read more]
Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
Guy (Richard Roxburgh) meets Lizzie (Cate Blanchett) while trying to find the owner of a cat in distress. For him, it is love at first sight and within six weeks they decide to marry. Guy starts daydreaming about his old ... [read more]
