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Win Some Lose Some (1996)
The documentary traces the fall and rise of three entrepreneurs. The economic recession of 1990–1991 sent three men – Tony Toumbourou, garment manufacturer, Joe Galani, furniture retailer and Bill Lew, restauranteur – and their families into financial ruin. Through observational ... [read more]
CDEP (1993)
In their office, Dallas Skuthorpe and Essie speak about the benefits of CDEP for the Brewarrina community. They travel to a big old shed, where people are working on projects, teaching and being trained. [read more]
Bringing 4,000 years of history to Australia (1987)
A quick sketch of Australia’s wine industry from the very first vines planted at the time of the First Fleet up to today’s burgeoning wine industry. It covers both the huge output of the Tyrrell’s wine dynasty plus the more ... [read more]
Planning for the future (1956)
Marg and Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) marry in the mid-1940s. As cheerful instrumental music plays, a montage shows Bill Smith working hard on a small construction site building cottages during the postwar boom. During a break, a workmate warns him ... [read more]
Macquarie Island (1931)
The expedition team head across Northeast Bay towards Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean north of Antarctica. They head towards the island in a small boat and an attached ‘pram’. On the beach, the men unload their equipment and disperse ... [read more]
Aunty Connie (2006)
Aunty Connie is described as a love story. It uses voice-over narration (Deborah Mailman), historical photographs and interviews with Aunty Connie McDonald, an Indigenous woman who was born with weak bones, and whose first steps broke both her legs. [read more]
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill – A Windy Day (2005)
Bottle Top Bill (voiced by Graham Matters) and Corky the horse (voiced by Emma Jane Hyland) are doing the weekly washing on a windy day. When their clothes blow away in the wind, the two friends need a special flying ... [read more]
The sailors part one (1927)
The Sailors is a recorded version of a theatrical comedy routine by vaudeville performers Stiffy (Nat Phillips) and Mo (Roy Rene). You can listen to part one of The Sailors here in its entirety. Part one is the first side ... [read more]
‘He’s got my blood’ (1995)
Harry and Kate have flushed all their medications down the toilet. In the supermarket, Harry (John Lynch) is upset when the price of a baby stroller he wants to buy has been discounted. He makes most of his decisions based ... [read more]
They stole your great grandfather’s opal (1995)
Otto (Mark Mitchell) invites Lady Townes (Anna Galvin) and the family to a barbeque and she politely agrees. Otto complains to Conrad that because Sir Claude Townes stole his family’s lucky opal they are now poor. Seeing Conrad through ... [read more]
‘My precious bit of fluff’ (1919)
Bill (Arthur Tauchert) and Doreen (Lottie Lyell) celebrate their marriage with a 'beano’ at her mother’s house. Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) gives a tipsy speech, before the young couple depart in a handsome cab, for the train. [read more]
Strange happenings in the desert (2004)
Our central characters are in transit and heading towards Alice Springs for the eclipse. Travelling on the Ghan, the young doctor Matt (Patrick Brammall) leaves a group of older women with whom he shares a cabin, and meets a beautiful ... [read more]
The Kid Stakes (1927)
Fatty Finn (‘Pop’ Ordell) is the scruffy six-year-old leader of a gang of kids in the dockside suburb of Woolloomooloo in Sydney. Fatty enters his pet goat Hector in the annual goat races, but his rival Bruiser Murphy (Frank Boyd) ... [read more]
Cenotaph (1993)
The documentary looks at the effect of the First World War on the New South Wales country town of Hay. Seven women and 641 men went to the war from Hay. One hundred and three were killed and more than ... [read more]
Facing the Demons (1999)
Young Michael Marslew was shot dead in an armed robbery of a Pizza Hut in Jannali NSW. The four offenders were jailed for up to 18 years. In 1998 two of the offenders and Michael’s family and friends attended ... [read more]
Crossing the Roper River (1946)
McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) swims his cattle across the crocodile-infested Roper River, one of the largest rivers in the Northern Territory. Mary Parsons (Daphne Campbell) plunges in, leading her horse across, as her mother (Jean Blue) and sister (Helen Grieve) watch ... [read more]
For the future (2006)
Against a backdrop of images of the Ramingining community, director Rolf de Heer talks about the unexpected problems in casting Ten Canoes (2006). The kinship laws are so complex that the final choice of cast is now in the hands ... [read more]
My brother’s keeper (2007)
Bra Boys members recall how their group started in the early 1990s. For Sunny and Koby Abberton and Jack Kingsley the Bra Boys were a means of survival. Aboriginal former pro-surfer Maurice Cole touches on the darker side of the ... [read more]
‘Gidday, I’m Otto von Meister’ (1995)
Otto von Meister (Mark Mitchell) and his nephew Conrad (Fletcher Humphrys) arrive at Townes Downs with a busload of unfortunate Russian tourists. Supervised by Trish Emu (Kylie Belling), the tourists are desperate to use the toilet. Otto doles out the ... [read more]
‘May the best man win’ (2006)
In a harbourside bar, stockbroker Will (Matthew Newton) joins friends for a drink. Angus McFarlane (Aden Young) tells everyone about their bet – who can make the most money in 90 days, for a prize of $100,000. Will asks Benno ... [read more]
