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‘He’s not real … he’s typing!’ (2004)
Babbling with excitement, Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) tries to explain Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent) to Renee (Emily Wheaton). Saskia is overwhelmed by the gorgeous Max, but who is he really, and where is he? [read more]
Path to progress (1992)
After black-and-white footage of Pintubi people, Smithy Zimeran Tjampitjinpa recalls being moved to Papunya. Yuyua Nampitjinpa talks about her experience in the mission school. [read more]
‘Brussels sprouts’ (2005)
Still photographer Carol Jerrems made a short film in 1975 featuring 15-year-old schoolboys from Heidelberg Tech. Most of them had been expelled and, in Carol’s words, preferred ‘bashing, beer, sheilas, gang bangs, gang fights, billiards, stealing and hanging about’. [read more]
Cherry picker rotation of muck train trucks (1963)
The process of cherry picker rotation of muck trains, and the cherry picker co-ordination with the drill jumbo, employed in Snowy Mountains Scheme tunnelling, is detailed. [read more]
Attraction of the wilderness (1980)
Amateur botanist Antonius Moscal says that rafting down the wilderness of the Franklin River reminds him of the definition of God. Moscal says nature reflects God. [read more]
Main Base, Commonwealth Bay (1931)
After 20 years, the Discovery team return to Commonwealth Bay’s Cape Denison to find that the hut at Main Base is still standing. Frank Hurley recounts his memories over footage of the hut’s interior (including the kitchen, living quarters and ... [read more]
‘The Snowy Mountains song’ (1963)
At night, in the recreation hut of one of the Snowy Mountains Scheme workers’ camps, the men sing 'The Snowy Mountains song’. [read more]
The St Kilda Esplanade on Boxing Day (1913)
This silent clip shows the St Kilda esplanade and foreshore on Boxing Day 1913. People relax on the grass, enjoy amusement rides at Luna Park and swim at the beach. [read more]
The Kokoda Trail (1972)
This clip shows students from Scots College on the final leg of their seven day trek through the Owen Stanley Ranges towards Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. They navigate their way across a makeshift log bridge over a fast flowing ... [read more]
A river to be turned (1952)
The first stages of the Snowy Mountains Scheme are detailed, from the survey and hydrology crews measuring river flows at the Snowy headwaters, to the Guthega project (the first project to be completed), now underway. [read more]
Air base, Malaysia (1970)
The camera pans across aircraft at a base in South-East Asia, including RAAF strike planes, a Gloster Javelin interceptor and a Royal Navy helicopter. [read more]
End of the Long March (1986)
The Long March ended in Shensi Province. The Communist Chinese had to cross cold, wet, swampy grasslands. Of the 40,000 who set out only 8,000 survived the treacherous marshy ground. However, they capture the crucial pass and win a decisive ... [read more]
Pressure to perform (1998)
Primary school girls compete to be chosen for the Australian gymnastics team. Pressure is on the young gymnasts as they train at the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The girls and coaches are interviewed in 1994 and then in 1996. [read more]
SS Katoomba unloading (1899)
This actuality footage shows the unloading of materials from the SS Katoomba at a busy wharf in Brisbane. Men unload large sacks and crates onto trolleys and wheel them down a gangway off the ship. In the foreground, workers use ... [read more]
‘What are my chances?’ (2005)
Returning from her father’s funeral, Meryl (Justine Clarke) daydreams a series of disasters that might happen to the train she’s riding. In one, the train runs into a tunnel that collapses on top of it. In an earlier scene, a ... [read more]
A Cinderella station (1982)
When the Forshaw family bought their small station of just 200 square miles, they could only find enough money to buy the property without stock. Over the last decade, Elton and his boys have worked away from the station to ... [read more]
‘You run like a blackfella!’ (1976)
While his father takes a catch of fish to sell in town, Mike (Greg Rowe) discovers some illegal hunters shooting birds. An Aboriginal stranger, Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), drives them away with a warning shot. Mike tried to hide but ... [read more]
Rewriting the record books (1984)
At a garden party, Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving), the very model of an English gentleman and a very fine cricketer, is discussing the phenomenon of the young Donald Bradman (Gary Sweet) with his friends and colleagues – all gentlemen players ... [read more]
‘One of the most fantastic flights ever made’ (1946)
After mechanical failure stops them from taking part in the Centenary Air Race from Australia to Britain, Kingsford Smith (Ron Randell) and PG Taylor (playing himself) decide to attempt the Pacific crossing to the US, but starting from Australia. Smithy’s ... [read more]
Back to country (2003)
Zita is sitting on a stool feeding a poddy calf. In voice-over Aggie Abbott says most children who were taken away never returned to their country. Zita on the other hand has sought her family and is committed to learning ... [read more]
