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‘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]

Swanston St Shamble (1944)

This is an excerpt from 'Swanston St Shamble’, one of the first jazz recordings of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944. [read more]

‘I’m not keen on girls’ (1968)

A confused and lost Clancy (Liza Goddard) wanders through the bush, followed by a group of Aboriginal men (members of the Aboriginal Theatre from Yirrkala, Arnhem Land) with uncertain intent. Meanwhile Mark Hammond (Ken James) confesses to helicopter pilot Jerry ... [read more]

My Country (1958)

Dorothea Mackellar reads her most famous poem ‘My Country’ in 1958. [read more]

Crash landing (1992)

Two of the Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson and Richard Fidler) emerge from the rubble after their submarine is blasted into space. The event is reported by Shitsu Tonka Corporation’s newsreader (Khym Lam) in a broadcast that is beamed ... [read more]

Philip Wirth and Earl Dudley (1925)

A fixed camera positioned on the edge of an outdoor arena captures ringmaster and circus proprietor Philip Wirth rehearsing with his trick pony, Earl Dudley. The pony is led around the arena on a horsedrawn platform as Wirth instructs it ... [read more]

‘Can’t get much better than her’ (2007)

Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips) get drunk and stoned in their usual hangout, a culvert beneath a bridge, before going to the pub. Pete is keen on a girl there, but Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) chooses Jerry. Kenwood (Anthony ... [read more]

‘Waltzing Matilda’ (1927)

The first recorded version of Waltzing Matilda, recorded in London in 1927, by John Collinson, a British-born Australian tenor. [read more]

An Australian voice (1977)

A powerful use of an actor’s voice over photographs of Mrs McLeod Lindsay, as she struggles to recall the events of that terrible night when she was brutally attacked. [read more]

Recording (2007)

Jonathan Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks have only a few days in the recording studio to record their CD. [read more]

The spare parts racket (2006)

Cars are not only stolen to be shipped to other countries, they’re also stolen to be stripped for spare parts. The problem for the police and prosecutors is that most car parts are not marked with the vehicle’s identification number. [read more]

‘Sue me, Phil’ (2008)

Dominick Dunne reacts angrily to the declaration of a mistrial in the Phil Spector murder case. [read more]

Judgement day (2005)

A secret surfing competition has been set up between Anna (Mara Scherzinger) and Joe (Matt Rudduck) to determine which of them gets the coveted seventh spot in the Solar Blue Surf Academy. Joe has chosen The Gallows, a treacherous surfing ... [read more]

The girl of Lockie’s dreams (2006)

It’s enrolment day for Lockie (Sean Keenan) at his new high school and his brother Phillip (Corey McKernan), sister ‘Blob’ (Georgina Schober) and mother Joy (Briony Williams) accompany him. After failing to impress teacher and counseller John East (Ewen Leslie), ... [read more]

‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)

Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [read more]

‘Dear Avery…’ (1995)

Avery (Martin Jacobs) receives a letter from Catherine (Gillian Jones), a woman he met in Paris. Jeremy Fliszar (Jacek Koman) calls Sorel Atherton (Angie Milliken) with a request about her husband Christopher Houghton (also Martin Jacobs), who is currently in ... [read more]

‘I’m coming to get you’ (2010)

At the very start of the film a young man (J, played by James Frecheville) is on the couch watching a TV game show while an older woman sits slumped – apparently asleep – beside him. A few seconds later ... [read more]

Willie’s lesson (1939)

Willie collapses in the snow. He is found just in time by a rabbit, who summons help from the others. The following season, Willie takes a barrow full of fruit to the bank for deposit. He turns to the camera ... [read more]

Contraband (1938)

Customs officers try in vain to stop the illegal importation of various contraband goods which come in to the country by sea. ‘Men of the underworld’ – shady drug dealers and crime bosses – are shown under ‘cover of darkness’ ... [read more]

Talking at the beach (2007)

A young woman’s grandfather has died and she has returned to Stradbroke Island to support her grandmother. Grandma (Freda Glynn) and her Granddaughter (Amy Miller-Porter) take a walk down to the beach at sunset. [read more]

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