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She’s My Baby (1959)
Johnny O’Keefe released ‘She’s My Baby’ in 1960. It came after a string of hits that included ‘The Wild One’ and ‘Shout’ and helped secure his position as the biggest star in Australia in that period. His whirlwind energy made ... [read more]
My Mother’s Country Part 1 (2001)
My Mother’s Country is a documentary that gives a personal account of the Coniston Massacre of 1928. [read more]
My Mother India (2001)
Director Safina Uberoi traces her parents’ history. Her Australian mother married a Sikh and moved to India. There they bought up their three children and survived the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. The autobiography features family photos, historical footage and interviews ... [read more]
My Mother’s Country Part 2 (2001)
My Mother’s Country is a personal account of the Coniston Massacre of 1928, in two parts. [read more]
Snowy Hydro - The Best of the Years (1974)
A documentary record of the construction and completion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme from 1949 to 1974. The film examines the multicultural work force and its achievement in building one of the world’s largest hydroelectric schemes to that date. [read more]
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? – End of the Line (1967)
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? is a black-and-white sitcom centred on a family living in Balmain, a harbourside suburb of Sydney’s inner-west that was at the time considered barely a cut above a slum. In this episode, Wally Stiller (John ... [read more]
My Mother My Son (2000)
A mother, Mona (Lynette Narree), and her adult daughter Kymmy (Olivia Patten) are driving the Pacific Highway to the city. They have an appointment with the department responsible for the removal of Kymmy’s son Rowland, to advocate for his return. ... [read more]
My South Polar Expedition (1910)
Sir Ernest Shackleton and four men, with four Manchurian ponies, attempted to be the first to reach the South Pole in 1908. In this recording, he tells how the loss of the last pony almost killed one of the men ... [read more]
250 Million Years Ago (c1940)
A general overview of ancient geological features found in Australia. Sediments in the rock formations of cliff faces and exposed rock reveal fossilised life forms from the Permian period 250 million years ago. [read more]
Love My Way – What’s in a Name (2004)
Love My Way follows the story of 30-something artist and single mother Frankie (Claudia Karvan) and her extended family. Frankie shares custody of her eight-year-old daughter Lou (Alex Cook) with ex-partner Charlie (Dan Wyllie). Charlie is now married to Julia ... [read more]
‘Friday on My Mind’ (1966)
'Friday on My Mind’ by the Easybeats was composed by Harry Vanda and George Young. Recorded in London in 1966, it was released as a single later that year. This clip includes the start of the song and first verse. ... [read more]
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Julia (Heather Rose) has severe cerebral palsy and lives by herself in suburbia. Since she can’t speak, get out of bed, walk or bathe by herself, she’s heavily dependent on her carer, Madelaine (Joey Kennedy). Her most significant freedom is ... [read more]
My country (2001)
Fayleen and her family are walking through parts of her mother’s country. Paintings show people sitting on rocks and eating bush meat. Images show the rock hole where the old people used to live, and the place where they were ... [read more]
The Last of the Nomads (1997)
A feature-length documentary about an expedition into the Gibson desert to find the last suriving nomadic couple, Warri and Yatungka. After breaking tribal marriage laws, they fled into the desert and have not been seen since. Using historical footage and ... [read more]
She’s My Baby (1959)
This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market. Produced by Ernie Freeman, the record features Scotty Turner on lead guitar and Barney Kessell ... [read more]
My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978)
A documentary about Indigenous woman Essie Coffey and her life in the township of Brewarrina, or Dodge City, as it is also known. [read more]
Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer (1993)
Australian singer Robyn Archer has been acclaimed worldwide for her cabaret singing. This biographical documentary looks into Archer’s life in 1993. Archer speaks frankly about her personal life and the singing projects that she most enjoyed. Archer re-visits her ... [read more]
The Genie From Down Under – It’s my Opal … (and I’ll cry if I want to) (1995)
Posh English schoolgirl The Hon Penelope Townes (Alexandra Milman), possessor of the magical opal, is magically whisked away by her Australian genies, Bruce (Rhys Muldoon) and his young son Baz (Glenn Meldrum) – from her grand home in Witshire England ... [read more]
40,000 Years of Dreaming: A Century of Australian Cinema (1996)
George Miller presents a personal view of the historical and cultural influences that have shaped the development of Australian cinema since its beginning in 1896. [read more]
Beech trees (1983)
The Antarctic beech trees grow to 50 metres and lives for up to 1,000 years in the cool temperate rainforest. As children we learn to fear forests as the home of witches and wolves. But this forest is full of ... [read more]
