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Round the Twist – Series Two – Next Time Round (1992)
Pete has been hypnotised by Linda and every time someone says the word 'now’ he behaves like a chicken for ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can’t undo the hypnosis so Pete gets into some serious trouble at school. [read more]
Four Corners – Inside the Circle (2005)
In NSW, Aboriginal people are just 2% of the population and yet make up 20% of the prison population. Something is being done to change this terrible statistic. It’s a new system to deal with Aboriginal offenders who come ... [read more]
Pacifica: Tales from the South Seas – Episode 1 (1993)
Pacifica: Tales from the South Seas is a 13-part series that tells 35 stories. The compilation covers such diverse subject matter as ships lost at sea, exotic customs, mystery and adventure, historical and contemporary characters, rare animals and more. Episode ... [read more]
The Black Swan: Meryl Tankard Choreographer (1995)
This documentary examines Meryl’s professional and personal life in 1995 when she was the artistic director of the internationally acclaimed Australian Dance Theatre. Meryl rehearses the dancers, talks about artistic endeavour and her life with husband Régis Lansac. The documentary ... [read more]
The Convincing Ground massacre (2007)
Walter Saunders, from the Kilcarer Gilgar clan of the Gundidj-Mara peoples, tells the story of the Convincing Ground massacre in Portland Bay, Victoria, while others talk of its legacy. [read more]
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
‘Tick’ Belrose, aka Mitzi Del Bra (Hugo Weaving), a Sydney drag artist, accepts an invitation from his ex-wife (Sarah Chadwick) to bring his stage show to the outback. Tick recruits two friends – a brash young drag queen called Felicia ... [read more]
The 7.30 Report – Tobacco Litigation (2003)
This edition of the ABC’s prime-time current affairs program begins with an update on the war in Iraq where the two sons of former dictator Saddam Hussein have been killed, and concludes with the largely unknown story of the surrealist ... [read more]
The Blainey View – Footprints (1982)
Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey takes us from the southernmost reaches of Tasmania to the edge of the continent in the Northern Territory to tell the extraordinary history of the first humans to live in Australia, from their earliest footprint on ... [read more]
The Human Journey – Episode 3 (1999)
In this, the third and final episode of the series, we learn that Homo sapiens left the Middle East for the new world of South-East Asia 90,000 years ago, in the long saga of the journey out of Africa. [read more]
A Voice for the Wilderness (1983)
This documentary was produced in 1983 as part of a popular movement to save the rainforest of the Upper Hastings River and the Forbes River inland from Port Macquarie NSW. One of many pro-conservation films produced during the 1980s, ... [read more]
Water Rats – Goes With the Territory (1999)
The Sydney water police team are called in to investigate when a fishing boat explodes, fatally injuring a seventeen-year-old boy. What initially looks like an accident may be something more sinister: the boat belongs to Brian Geary (Steven Vidler), an ... [read more]
Inside the sawdust arena (1949)
The procession of performers and circus acts passes by the camera to enter the big top arena including horses, clowns and elephants. Some of the acts are filmed including a female lion tamer, a cycling clown, performing elephants, and barebacked ... [read more]
Opening up the west (1963)
Graphics, paintings and voice-over tell the story of why it took 30 years for the settlers of New South Wales to cross the Blue Mountains and gain access to the fabulous pasture lands beyond. It needed a true bushman, one ... [read more]
Crash Zone – The Dream Team (1998)
Five very different Melbourne kids, Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover a coded message while playing games on the internet. By following the clues and playing the game, ... [read more]
The Changing Face of Australia (1970)
This documentary made by the Shell Company of Australia provides a geological view of Australia’s natural history and development. [read more]
The Business of Making Saints (1994)
The documentary is an overview of the process of making saints in the Roman Catholic Church. The documentary includes a cameo of the Blessed Mary MacKillop, potentially Australia’s first saint. Filming takes place in Rome and other European cities. [read more]
Lizzy Gardiner’s Story of the Fame Game (1997)
Academy Award winning costume designer, Lizzy Gardiner, interviews television stars about their time in the spotlight and what follows. Gardiner interviews stars like Bruce Samazan, Ashley Paske and Isla Fisher about how it feels to be a star and life ... [read more]
The day in court (2006)
The McDougalls hold up a flag of a boxing kangaroo and say they hope to give the Americans a trouncing. We see them at home preparing for their day in court. They then drive into Perth for the hearing by ... [read more]
Give Trees a Chance: The Story of Terania Creek (1980)
The documentary records the protest by local residents to stop logging in the rainforest of Terania Creek north of Lismore and west of Cape Byron NSW in the 1980s. Through sit-ins and political action, the environmentalists were able to ... [read more]
Beginning of The Rocks (1983)
This clip uses old paintings and engravings to trace the early history of the Rocks area from its inception. [read more]
