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The great unknown (1984)
As the navigators gaze on the arid coastline of this great south land, they dream about what might be beyond the forbidding cliffs. Was there a great inland sea, or a passage for ships to travel through, or was there ... [read more]
Jedda (1955)
An Aboriginal woman dies in childbirth on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory. The baby girl is raised by the station owner’s wife, Sarah McMann, after the death of her own child. Jedda (Margaret Dingle) grows up between ... [read more]
For All the World to See (1992)
A biography of Fred Hollows, an eye surgeon who was committed to reforming medical services in indigenous Australian communities and third world countries. The film follows Fred to Aboriginal communities and Eritrea, Africa. Fred is passionate about saving the sight ... [read more]
Betty Pounder (1988)
Australian dancer and choreographer Betty Pounder (1921–1990) is interviewed about her life. She recalls her years with the Sydney based theatre company JC Williamson and the joy of performing and dancing. Later in her career she became a choreographer. [read more]
Ten Canoes (2006)
A narrator (David Gulpilil) instructs us to pay attention, because he is going to tell us a good story. The story takes place in two periods in the past. In the first story, shot in black-and-white, a young man called ... [read more]
Scenes of village life (1955)
This clip includes vignettes of village life on the Greek island from which the Gerakiteys family came, including: family members gathered around a table piled with food, locals gathered in a square for a celebration, and a group of people ... [read more]
The wrong place (2007)
The six Iraqis and six Cambodians have swum ashore from the Indonesian fishing boat. The captain Muluk (Sawung Jabo) tells them to climb a sand dune and wait for a bus, but he knows there is no bus. When the ... [read more]
Wounded soldiers, Bécourt Château (1917)
Stretcher bearers bring wounded soldiers into the Bécourt Château dressing station, during the battle for Pozières. From here they are loaded on trucks and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station. As shells burst in the distance, the camera examines some ... [read more]
Australia Post – Post Office Spruce Up (1987)
This program, produced for in-house use aimed at individual post office managers, details the Australia Post ‘Spruce Up’ campaign. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – In and around Hamilton District (c1920)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the orchard districts of Hamilton, Queensland. Fruit pickers pick peaches off trees and empty their bags into a trough. They then sort the peaches into crates and hammer them closed for transportation. ... [read more]
Come the revolution (1985)
When the men arrive at the pub to celebrate the end of the strike at the factory, Mick Mendel’s younger brother, the firebrand communist agitator, Jakob (Swawomir Wabik), is furious, and calls them scabs for not holding out. The men ... [read more]
Police Rescue – Mates (1990)
Steve McClintock, better known as Micky (Gary Sweet) lives for his work on the police rescue squad. One day he rescues a 'jumper’ called Bob (Philip Quast), a man who seems to have everything in terms of money and position ... [read more]
Selling the drugs (2008)
Nabil (Buddy Dannoun) and Tarek (Les Chantery) have successfully stolen drugs from the gym junkie’s flat where Nabil was cleaner. Now Nabil asks Tarek’s cousin, a low-level drug dealer named Sam (Waddah Sari), to help them get rid of the ... [read more]
Cleaning up the land (1997)
An elder speaks about the effects of tourism, and the responsibility of cleaning up the land. [read more]
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Josh Cody (James Frecheville), aka J, is a nervous 17 year old who moves in with his grandmother (Jacki Weaver), nicknamed ‘Smurf’, following the death of his junkie mother from an overdose. J’s mother had always kept him away from ... [read more]
The Great Depression (1976)
With the country in the grip of the Depression, Caddie (Helen Morse) has to be smarter and quicker than everyone else if she wants to secure a job. She rises before dawn to read the 'situations vacant’ ads, posted outside ... [read more]
The sliding tunnel floor (1969)
The workings of the sliding tunnel floor in hard rock tunneling are shown. [read more]
Australia Daze (1988)
An observational documentary shot on the bicentennial anniversary of Australia’s European settlement. Twenty-nine directors working all over Australia have contributed segments as Australians celebrated 26 January 1988. [read more]
Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 3 (1948)
This home movie is the third reel of a four-part travelogue filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, on a journey he made with his family from Australia to Scotland and London in 1948. It features panoramic shots of ... [read more]
Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts I - IV (c1927)
This black-and-white home movie compilation, titled the Noorong Gazette, was made by the Archibald family between 1927 and 1928. The footage is silent and contains intertitles. [read more]
