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The breakthrough (1997)

At home after work, Detective Tessa Vance (Lucy Bell) pores over documents relating to the Trevor Parkin murder. She has a breakthrough. The next day, Tessa interviews neighbours of Trevor Parkin about her hunch, which leads her to a new ... [read more]

The floral parade (1953)

Thousands of onlookers welcome the carnival queen float which leads the carnival procession down Toowoomba’s main street. The float is followed by the RSL float. An occasional voice-over commentary and lively musical score accompanies the rest of ... [read more]

Baptism (1994)

Henry Warburton (Peter Coyote) baptises Ort (Jamie Croft) and his mother, Alice (Lisa Harrow). Tegwyn (Amanda Douge) refuses to accept Henry’s brand of faith and salvation. [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]

Elijah finds love (1983)

Delie (Sigrid Thornton) is aware that Creeping Annie (Judith Massey) the maid and Elijah (Cliff Ellen) the farmhand are always at odds with one another, but one day Annie reveals an unsuspected talent. As a result, the couple decide to ... [read more]

Old mates (1973)

Inspector Lawson (Charles Tingwell) investigates Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen) about the previous night’s robbery and murder. [read more]

The Great Depression (1985)

A sequence of very powerful and rarely-seen historical images of the Great Depression in Australia in the 1930s – scenes of poverty, starvation, unemployment and protest marches. [read more]

The last preparation (1985)

The TPO officers arrive and set up the carriage for the final journey of the New South Wales TPO (Travelling Post Office) service. [read more]

Lester’s story (1991)

Veteran trainer Lester (Gandhi MacIntyre) tells young boxer Skip (Noah Taylor) about the injury that ended his career. [read more]

The annual picnic (1938)

Honoured guests gather at Maryborough train station as hundreds of children from the Burnett district pack the carriages for the trip to Scarness. As the camera pans along, many of the children smile and wave flags at the camera. At ... [read more]

The last journey (1985)

The final journey of the New South Wales TPO (Travelling Post Office) is underway. The officers carry out their duties for the last time and talk about their days on the service. [read more]

‘The TV war’ (1979)

Tasmanian Neil Davis recalls how he went to Vietnam as a cameraman and correspondent in 1964 at the start of the war, and remained there for all the war, working for Visnews. He talks about his first experience under fire, ... [read more]

The week before the wedding (1973)

A garden party is organised by Sandra’s bridesmaids and old friends in the week before the wedding. It’s quite a society event. Sandra is very aware of the responsibilities attached to her new life, but will she be able to ... [read more]

The quiz (1963)

Bob and Dolly Dyer welcome the audience and introduce the first contestants. Dentist Raleigh Matthews is defending his win and prizes from the previous week’s show. He is up against teacher Francis Shipton. Dyer asks a series of questions which ... [read more]

‘Don’t you be frightened of anything’ (1983)

Aunt Vanessa has paid Logan (John Hargreaves) to come to Sydney to see his son, whom he has never met. Logan is overcome with emotion as he talks to the boy, PS (Nicholas Gledhill). The boy is now living most ... [read more]

Extracting the ore (1936)

The crushed rock is carried to the milling plant by conveyor belt and weighed. The ore is crushed further before being fed into a 'classifier’ which separates the sand from the slime. To recover the lead mineral, the ore is ... [read more]

Duke of Edinburgh attends (1956)

The Duke of Edinburgh arrives outside one of the Olympic venues and is greeted by Prime Minister Robert Menzies. The beginning of the marathon is shown, as well as runners finishing the mile race in slow motion. Part of a ... [read more]

‘Lock the mine’ (1983)

Wattie Doig (Chris Haywood) reads a list of miners’ demands to company manager Birch (David Kendall). Birch orders the mine shut. [read more]

‘It’s mine’ (1970)

Alice (Jessica Ball) and her friend Simon (Darren Jones) watch through the window as Detective Sergeant Mackay (Leonard Teale) and Senior Detective Barnes (George Mallaby) arrive to talk to Alice’s father Temple (Bryan Niland) about 'Jennifer’, her pet human skull. [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]

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