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Wheat fields (1991)

Railways opened up the inland wheat fields of Australia. [read more]

Main street (1986)

The family’s truck, laden with their possessions, begins its crawl down main street. The white townsfolk watch the truck as it makes its way to the new family home. [read more]

Preparation (1956)

This clip gives an overview of the setting up of telephone, telegraph and broadcast equipment prior to the commencement of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The Duke of Edinburgh opens the Games on 22 November 1956. [read more]

Talbingo Dam site is cleared (1969)

Shows the cycle of drilling, firing and hauling of materials in the construction of Talbingo Reservoir on the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [read more]

Introducing Frances Daingangan (2008)

Frances Daingangan introduces herself, her family, community and country on the edge of the Arafura Swamp in the Northern Territory. [read more]

Corruption (2005)

Peggy Berman is the chief witness against the police in the inquiry into police corruption. [read more]

Nellie Melba (1927)

Dame Nellie Melba sings the national anthem, God Save the King, on the steps of Parliament House (now Old Parliament House), in Canberra at the official opening in 1927. The camera pans across the official party as the Duke of ... [read more]

Melbourne Cup race (1896)

This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. Newhaven wins. [read more]

Withdrawing funds (1951)

In the ground floor customer service area of the Sydney central branch of the Commonwealth Bank in Martin Place, Mr Phillips explains to the children the system of withdrawing account funds from a bank branch. [read more]

Connecting Sydney and Newcastle (1968)

A map outlines the different road and ferry connections that have linked Sydney and the industrial centre of Newcastle, to the city’s north. These include the 1820 Old Putty Road, the 1844 St Albans Route and the Wisemans Ferry-Spencer deviation. ... [read more]

Batavia crew rescued (1973)

Pelsaert returns from Batavia in a rescue vessel for the crew shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast. Prison cells were built from coral on Long Island to confine the mutineers. [read more]

Mountain climbing in Irian Jaya (1993)

Trekking across the the cloud covered snowy caps of the highlands, an expedition of mountain climbers, lead by Lincoln Hall, explores the remote parts of Irian Jaya. They include biologist Geoff Hope, Dutch Indonesian Rini Sulaiman, and filmmakers Chris Hilton ... [read more]

Preparation for a rockfill dam (1967)

This clip examines the procedures involved in the preparation commencement and early stages of construction of Geehi Dam, a rockfill dam in the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [read more]

Terania Creek (1980)

Presenter Jack Thomson warns against further clearing of rainforest and tells the story of the Terania Creek protesters. A song accompanies the images of the forest. [read more]

Blood, sweat and tears (2004)

While reporter Mark Bowling sits back in air-conditioned comfort, the story cuts to archival footage to remind us of the history of transportation in the outback, from the Afghan camel trains to the earliest train line in the 150-year struggle ... [read more]

For fear of it finishing (1992)

Kerry’s hard bitten mother, played superbly by Jacqy Phillips, doles out some advice born of bitter experience as she washes her daughter Kerry’s (Belinda McClory) hair. She is determined Kerry won’t have the sort of disappointments in life that she’s ... [read more]

Water (2005)

Alfred George, Warwick Thornton, Willy Orr, Ethan Dagg and Winmati Morris talk about what the first half of the race was like. Children play on the parked bikes. [read more]

Buffalo – a bush tucker special (2004)

Dave and his wife Patsy run the buffalo farm in the Aboriginal lands of Kakadu. These days the buffalo must be controlled so they don’t completely destroy the natural habitat of the wetlands. The couple supply local Aboriginals with buffalo ... [read more]

You can hear it but you can’t see it (1993)

This clip expresses the idea that 'You can’t see it, but you can hear it’. Ruby lays her ear to the train tracks upon which the ghost train passes. The clip moves through different time periods, the characters telling retrospectively ... [read more]

Australian Movie Magazine title (1971)

This clip features the opening title sequence for the Australian Movie Magazine theatrical newsreel. Note: the quality of the soundtrack on this clip is poor because of deterioration of the original sound negative. [read more]

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