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Setting the scene (1979)

An introduction to the series via the opening titles featuring Peter Ramsay (John Hargreaves), Ray Turner (Serge Lazareff) and Cassie McCallum (Louise Howitt). The opening scene of this episode introduces us to Ernie Farrell (Edward Howell), an old-school grazier who ... [read more]

Ned Kelly (2003)

Edward (‘Ned’) Kelly (Heath Ledger) defends himself in a fight against police in the main street of Greta, after one officer wrongfully accuses him of stealing a horse. Kelly gets three years in prison. Returning to the family farm in ... [read more]

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

On St Valentine’s Day 1900, three schoolgirls from an exclusive English-style boarding school go missing, along with a teacher, at Hanging Rock, in central Victoria. One of the girls is found alive a week later, but the others are never ... [read more]

Dogwatch (1997)

A disgraced alcoholic sea captain (Steven Vidler) takes a rusty Chinese cargo boat to sea, with a small crew. Their job is to sink the ship for insurance money, but Heckle, the chief officer (John Brumpton) also plans a little ... [read more]

Is this a time for the reserve powers? (1983)

Sir John Kerr (John Meillon) has invited the Prime Minister (Max Phipps) to a celebratory drink with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak (Peter Collingwood). Razak boldly brings up the issue of the Governor-General’s role in this time ... [read more]

Addressing the letter (1970)

This segment illustrates the rights and wrongs of addressing a business letter. [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]

Heartbreak High – Series 1 Episode 1 (1993)

It’s the first day back at school at multicultural Hartley High and simmering racial conflict is ignited when Rivers (Scott Major) repeatedly goads new student Jack Tran (Tai Nguyen). It comes to a head when Jack’s schoolbag is set alight ... [read more]

We Have To Live With It (1974)

A community video made by Tom Zubrycki and the residents of Balmain and Rozelle that documents concerns held by residents and local businesses about the impact of an existing port terminal on their community. Residents give their perspectives on ... [read more]

The Higgins familiy (1909)

This clip shows Ernest Higgins with his wife Else and son Bryce, probably at their Sydney home in Darling Point around 1921. The three of them pose for the camera. [read more]

The dating game (2007)

Suzanne likes Santo and hopes it will lead to marriage. Mark meets a new girl at the ball and gets her email address. Rob and Alice talk about babies. [read more]

‘Across the river’ (1950)

A montage of brick houses and apartments gives way to an intertitle which introduces the contrasting living conditions of workers who live ‘across the river’. A wide shot of an industrial cityscape cuts to a shot of a street, which ... [read more]

Breaking the rules (1971)

Grant (Gary Bond) is full of remorse, nursing a bad hangover. Somehow, he has ended up staying with 'Doc’ Tydon (Donald Pleasence), who lives in a shack on the outskirts of town. The doctor taunts him about his failure the ... [read more]

Interview with Archbishop Mannix (1962)

Dr Daniel Mannix was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1913 until his death in 1963. He was a man of considerable influence in Australian public life, not only in the religious field but also in social and political ... [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]

Message Stick – Wayne’s World (2005)

An episode that introduces us to award-winning filmmaker and actor Wayne Blair. [read more]

Sunset to Sunrise (ingwartentyele – arrerlkeme) (2006)

A documentary that carries the words of Rupert Max Stuart, Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder, his philosophies and message about passing culture on and keeping it alive. Sunset to Sunrise is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal ... [read more]

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1909)

A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ... [read more]

Last Breakfast in Paradise (1982)

The relationship between Stephen Smith (John Hargreaves) and Angela Jones (Penne Hackforth-Jones) is brought to its inevitable conclusion during the couple’s brief sojourn in a Surfers Paradise high-rise. [read more]

Soft Fruit (1999)

In the shadow of the steel mills of Port Kembla, the four children of Patsy and Victor Petrov gather at the family house, which is surrounded by fruit trees. Patsy (Jeanie Drynan) is dying of cancer, but the family has ... [read more]

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