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A bag of oranges at a funeral (1984)
The procession of funeral cars comes to a halt because Maggie (Ruth Cracknell) has spied a roadside stall selling really cheap bags of oranges. [read more]
The dyeing begins (2005)
The women – Kitty, Mother Molly, sister Dorothy, Grandmother Mercia and Marrfurra – sit in the grass stripping the palm leaves. The preparation of dyes begins with the grinding of roots which are first washed, scraped and then pounded with ... [read more]
How Pro got his name (1976)
Laraine Leyland interviews artist Pro Hart in his gallery in Broken Hill. Then Ask the Leyland Brothers introduces some of Pro’s passions – his motorcycle, art collecting and organ playing. [read more]
Bev and Bob Birtles (1996)
Presenter Greg Grainger visits the home of Bev and Bob Birtles. They are caring for Yindi after he was rescued from a bushfire and will eventually return him to the wild. Grainger then introduces us to some of the problems ... [read more]
The Official Film of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition (c1916)
This film documents part of the treacherous 600 mile 1911–1914 expedition to the Magnetic South Pole led by Sir Douglas Mawson. The documentary features the team’s departure from Hobart, Tasmania aboard the vessel Aurora. It shows wildlife at Macquarie Island ... [read more]
Argentine Ants Advertisement (1968)
A black-and-white television advertisement in which Trapper Tom (Barry Crocker) encourages children to hunt Argentine ants in their local neighbourhood for a ten dollar reward. [read more]
‘I knew that poem was there’ (1991)
Les Murray speaks of his first trip to Newcastle with his mother in 1942 and occasionally thereafter. He returned to find the poem that he knew was there. Over a montage of images of family photos and Newcastle locations, Murray ... [read more]
West (2007)
Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips) are cousins and best friends, going nowhere in the west of Sydney. They are unemployed and shiftless – bored, drunk and stoned most of the time. When Jerry gets a girlfriend and a ... [read more]
Message Stick – Kurtal: Snake Spirit (2002)
Spider, an 80-year-old Indigenous elder and Wangkatjungka man, returns to the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia to perform a cleansing ceremony at a sacred jila, a water supply that never dries up. [read more]
Melbourne Cup 1896 (1896)
This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race. [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘For All the Different Women You Are’ (c1970)
This 30-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates dates from the late 1960s or early ’70s. [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]
Queen of Hearts (2003)
A short feature film about the relationship between a granddaughter and grandmother, following the journey of the granddaughter and how she deals with her grandmother’s impending death from cancer. [read more]
The twins (2003)
Historical footage shows the missionaries and Arrernte peoples of Hermannsburg, known as the Ntaria people. The missionaries must learn Arrernte as it is Lutheran practice to preach the gospel in the language of the people. [read more]
General Motors Holden – Postgraduate Research Fellowship Plan (c1962)
This ad demonstrates how crucial scientific and technological research is to large multinational companies like GMH. [read more]
Forging a road (1952)
The early crews on the Snowy Mountains Scheme forge their way into the more formidable mountainous territory of the Snowy-Tumut Development. [read more]
‘Loaded with dough’ (1919)
After two thieves attack and rob a wealthy farmer, John Harland (Snowy Baker) knocks one of them to the ground before chasing the other through city alleyways and streets, climbing a steep wall and jumping from a high bridge. Crash-tackling ... [read more]
Road (2000)
A drama that depicts one night in Sydney, where chance occurrences and luck collide, taxi cabs become predatory and all roads lead to the beach. [read more]
Hide the children (1996)
Historical photographs show Doug Nicholls, one of the first Indigenous men to play in the VFL, who came from Cummeragunga mission. He later became a civil activist. We see historical footage of Doug Nicholls visiting Indigenous families ... [read more]
Endurance (1933)
The documentary footage taken by Frank Hurley during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton on a ship called Endurance in 1914-16 is bookended with a simple plot featuring a young boy who is eager to hear the dramatic story ... [read more]
