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Federation (1966)
The Commonwealth of Australia is inaugurated on 1 January 1901. Alfred Deakin is sworn in as attorney-general. [read more]
No more favours (1988)
Detective Sergeant Ray Birch (Bruno Lawrence) calls journalist Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) forward at the site of an armed siege. A three-time rapist called Les (Richard Carter) has a woman tied up in a warehouse. Birch offers Stewart the chance ... [read more]
Sacred site (1991)
This clip introduces the Jawoyn peoples attending and giving evidence at the government inquiry into mining at Coronation Hill. [read more]
Happily unmarried (1987)
Frank (Leo McKern) and his companion Frances (Julia Blake) open a bottle of French champagne to celebrate their arrival in Port Douglas. The isolation and privacy, says Frank, is the best part, just as their neighbour Freddie (Graham Kennedy) arrives ... [read more]
‘Long live human rights’ (2002)
Dissident writer Mario is interviewed in the street where pro and anti Fidel protestors gather and argue. Mario is facing an eighteen-month prison sentence for criticising the government. Some of the gathered crowd shout 'Long live Fidel’, while a man ... [read more]
Historical Ballarat (1932)
This clip opens with a view of Lydiard Street in the centre of Ballarat, Victoria, followed by shots of the statue of Peter Lalor and the monument to the Eureka Stockade uprising. The Ballarat Town Hall and Post Office are ... [read more]
Sunday School, Oodnadatta hostel (1947)
At the Australian Inland Mission hostel at Oodnadatta, the AIM sisters conduct Sunday School classes with some of the children. After their lessons, the children congregate for prayers and hymn singing. [read more]
‘What – no wireless?’ (1988)
A storm comes as the cousins spend their first evening together in Badge’s (Alexander 'Mathew’ Jacobs) home. Sam (Cameron Atkins) is horrified to discover that his cousin’s family has no wireless. This modern 1950s boy cannot believe that people can ... [read more]
‘There are many memories’ (1993)
Maria is a refugee from El Salvador now living in Melbourne. Maria recounts her experiences of trauma and torture during the civil war and their impact on her life and family. [read more]
‘Just concerned’ (2005)
Bill ‘Happy’ Henderson’s (Shane Bourne) new Harley Davidson motorcycle and erratic behaviour continue to raise eyebrows at MDA and it’s harder and harder for staff to get a moment of his time. As he excuses himself yet again, Amanda ... [read more]
‘Happiness for two’ (1960)
This clip contains three short advertisements with the jingle 'happiness for two’. The first ad is performed in a bare studio with a woman standing alone, centre stage, as a male voice-over says 'for the girl who’s got that all-by-herself ... [read more]
‘We really got the short straw, didn’t we?’ (1988)
Johnno (Damien Walters) releases crabs from their traps which angers the fishers. His sister Julie (Rebecca Sykes) tries to protect Johnno but his father (John Waters) is furious. [read more]
Senseless murder (1999)
Senior Sergeant Terry O’Connell is arranging a restorative justice group to bring the murderers of Ken and Joan’s son and the family together hoping to repair some of the harm done by the murder. He explains the nature and purpose ... [read more]
Merauke, Dutch New Guinea (1925)
Members of the cast and crew from The Jungle Woman (1926) stroll through a small village in Merauke with some of the locals cast as extras in the film. A man hands an object to a villager and then Frank ... [read more]
Oratory (1990)
One of the important men in the village is speaking very loudly and angrily about how people in the village are not ready for any celebration and that Waiko and his family are in too much of a hurry. Waiko ... [read more]
Whoa – just relax, man! (2010)
J (James Frecheville) is travelling as a passenger in Craig’s car in the Melbourne beachside suburb of St Kilda when a couple of youths pull up beside them at traffic lights and insult them. Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) hands J a ... [read more]
Social unrest (2000)
A group of young Indigenous men playing cricket. We are given a background on the Indigenous history of Fitzroy Crossing. Talking to camera, Jo Ross, who is known as Willigan, and Kevin Oscar tell us the yarn about the community. [read more]
Harvesting and topping sugar cane (1925)
An animated sketch demonstrates how the harvester elevates, tops and collects cane, illustrating all the major parts of the machine that aid this process. A live-action demonstration follows, broken down into the working parts engaged in this sequence. Intertitles are ... [read more]
General disquiet on the Western Front (1918)
The Australian prime minister, Mr WM Hughes, arrives at one of the châteaux used as headquarters by the Australian Imperial Force during 1918, accompanied by the newly appointed commander of the Australian Corps, Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash. Later, the deputy ... [read more]
Angles on the Sydney Opera House (1973)
Accompanied by a chamber orchestra the Sydney Opera House is shown from many angles both inside and out. [read more]
