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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]

‘Would you stay with me tonight?’ (2000)

After they’ve witnessed the disinterment of Andreas’s wife’s grave together, Andreas (Charles Tingwell) and Claire (Julia Blake) walk on the pier at sunset. Andreas asks Claire to stay with him overnight and she agrees without hesitation. They go to his ... [read more]

Melbourne buildings (1910)

Title cards are intercut with static shots of well-known Melbourne public buildings and streets including the Treasury Building, Little Collins Street, Federal Parliament House, the General Post Office, Elizabeth Street, the Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens and the Law Courts. [read more]

Decision time (2007)

Filmmaker Janet Merewether discusses the year she was born and what the situation for women was at the time. The film then shifts to a highly stylised scene of the filmmaker with a suitcase standing outside a toy house and ... [read more]

Talisman Sabre (2005)

The clip details the relationship between Australia and the US regarding weapons testing. A 20-year memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Australia in 2005 allows the two countries to carry out exercises in Australia including the use of ... [read more]

It takes all kinds (2007)

Esther Blueburger (Danielle Catanzariti) is now attending Sunni’s (Keisha Castle-Hughes) school. The freedom she has there is very different to the regimented nature of her old private school. Sunni shows her around, giving the audience a visual run-through of the ... [read more]

Four overboard (2007)

Something rams into the dinghy and all four occupants are thrown into the water. Jim (Ben Oxenbould) disappears; the others panic. Adam (Andy Rodoreda) is shouting about a crocodile and tells Grace (Diana Glenn) to climb a nearby tree. She ... [read more]

‘Soothing pillow for a dying race’ (2008)

Narrator Rachel Perkins outlines the formation of an Aboriginal Protection Board and the establishment of reserves around Victoria. Margaret Gardiner of the Wurundjeri clan, Carolyn Briggs, a Boonwurrung Elder and Professor Janet McCalman attribute the ultimate survival of the Victorian ... [read more]

Naughty creature – trying to escape? (1990)

Agnes (Melanie Boomer) the young maid is grumpy about the hard work she has to do while Ada (Christen Cornell) sleeps on in her warm bed. Martha (Judith Stratford) the housekeeper behaves very strangely, giving Ada the creeps. [read more]

A new centralised system (1966)

This clip talks about how the volume of mail the Australian Post Office is handling per year has resulted in the need for a new centralised mail exchange. It explains how the Redfern Mail Exchange will function as a centralised ... [read more]

Introducing Jack and Henty (2007)

This clip shows two elders, Donald Kemarr Thompson and Alec Petyarr Peterson, walking through the landscape, talking about why it is important for them to tell this story. A map of the country shows where the incidents occurred. They introduce ... [read more]

Play, health and education (1962)

At Halls Creek, the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) conducts a hostel for schoolchildren from the surrounding areas, where they play and learn. AIM staff look on as the children play an educational game on the hostel ... [read more]

‘No-one’s hurt’ (2002)

Barry (Bryan Brown) shows his nephew Darcy (Sam Worthington) the counting house where the poker machine takings are processed. ‘Hollywood’ Riley (William McInnes) explains how they drain the machines of cash every night, limiting the possible payout to a few ... [read more]

200 to 1 (2003)

Jockey Bernie Cooper speaks to the owner of the racehorse Gentle Genius as she prepares to race it. The race starts, she pulls ahead, and the owners get very excited when she finishes in second place. Back in her change ... [read more]

50 years of bad luck (1999)

Dexter the evil octopus has stolen the ancient stone, believing that it will help him gain the power he desires. Flipper and Lopaka have different plans. [read more]

Before white people (2005)

Black-and-white photographs of the two Nanas when they were younger women, with babies in arms. The sequence of photographs with voice-over tells us of the first time they ever saw white people. [read more]

Armistice Day, Melbourne (1925)

This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. ... [read more]

A town is dying (1982)

A lingering and lyrical moment of a town in decay where the real tragedy is the complete lack of a future on the land for Coonamble’s young people. [read more]

Film processing and printing (1928)

A man places a rack of 35mm film on a stand to be sprayed in the developing process. It is then removed and immersed in a tank to be washed. The man removes the film from the rack by winding ... [read more]

About this superhero thing – we’re in! (2002)

When they accept the task to take on the legacy of The Silver Shadow to save the world, Josh (Alex Hopkins), Alex (Hannah Greenwood), Campbell (Aljin Abella), and Gretel (Sage Butler) also agree to live double lives from now on. ... [read more]

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