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What God meant things to bee (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) takes two cages of bees to Granny McKinley (Sybil Thorndike) to help with her 'rheumatics’. He is terrified, because she is reputed to be the town witch, with a stash of gold to protect. He finds instead ... [read more]
Prison listener scheme (2000)
Harry Papadopoulos, a prisoner in Port Phillip Prison, explains how the prison listener scheme operates. He says that some prisoners self-harm or get distressed by upcoming court cases, family and financial matters. Harry says that they get 250 calls a ... [read more]
Maintaining tradition (2006)
A title runs over the image of a lone building: 'Muralaguah Buai Cultural Centre, Wickham’. The busy preparation of the celebration of 'The coming of the light’. People coming together, music and dancing. A Torres Strait woman tells how the ... [read more]
A society wedding (1914)
This clip begins with the arrival of guests at a wedding. The camera films from a static position at the entrance of the church as they get out of their cars and walk towards the church. The guests are followed ... [read more]
Park consultations (1998)
The Whites Creek Valley Park is under the jurisdiction of the Leichhardt Council in Sydney. The plans for the park have been in progress for 50 years. The council plans to demolish two houses and change the usage of part ... [read more]
Ceremony day (2000)
Over images of food preparation, the narrator (Helen Anu) tells us that people also come from the other islands for the tombstone opening, as the people of the Torres Strait have many family connections. The covering of the tombstone is ... [read more]
Tamara Toumanova (1939)
Filmed in slow motion, Tamara Toumanova, wearing a green and black swimsuit, performs a series of leaps and poses on the sand at Bungan Beach. [read more]
She mixed axolotl DNA with T-Rex DNA (2003)
Toby (André de Vanny) discovers that Elizabeth (Bridget Neval) has interfered with his DNA cloning experiment and is horrified to discover a ferocious and rapidly growing T-Rex has hatched from his egg. Will he and Russ (Ben Schmideg) survive ... [read more]
Termite string (2001)
A woman shows us how to find termites by following the termite string to the termite bed in the spinifex grass. She shows the young children the termite eggs. She tells us that they rub the children’s tummy by mixing ... [read more]
Shake a leg (2005)
Flashback, Franky and his father are sitting on the river bank, fishing lines cast into the river. Returning to the present, the Djarn Djarns dancers are walking towards the stage with the focused gaze of seasoned professionals. [read more]
Artist camp (1980)
Jack Wunuwun grinds the red ochre and applies the paint to his bark painting about the Morning Star. [read more]
‘Polite circles’ (1970)
John wants to remove his father as head of the Masons’ newspaper and needs his brothers to support his plan. His wife Kathy (Anne Haddy) meets with his brother David (Kevin Miles) to try and get his vote. David then ... [read more]
My father’s country (2006)
Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder Rupert Max Stuart’s voice runs over the image of the unfolding night in a riverbed outside of Alice Springs. Max tells us he’s come home. He’s 77 years old and has returned to his father’s country. It’s ... [read more]
Hypsi’s ecosystem (1998)
Zoologist Andrew Dennis explains the vital link he has found between the hypsi (the musky rat-kangaroo) and the giant fruit trees in its native habitat Far North Queensland. Seventy percent of the rainforest has been cleared and the survival of ... [read more]
Social justice (1991)
Michael Leunig sees our inability to say 'enough is enough’ as a problem while John Howard considers it to be the acceptable price of progress. [read more]
Skin (2005)
The old women sit in the sand, the younger women next to them. The old women draw the skin system – or the lores of marriage – in the sand. The younger women are being taught the right skin groups ... [read more]
‘Reign over us’ (1977)
Eighteen thousand of the Queen’s loyal subjects greet Her Majesty in Royal Park Victoria in 1977. The royal party stands on the dais while 'God Save the Queen’ is sung by the massed crowd. The royal party then drive, waving, ... [read more]
Hoop dance (1988)
The students take centre stage in the vibrant Torres Strait Hoop Dance. [read more]
What is Wandjina? (2007)
The traditional owners of the Wandjina explain the context of it within their culture. A young graffiti artist explains why he painted the Wandjina image around Perth. [read more]
‘Mothers don’t give up their babies easily’ (1988)
Kate visits a volunteer organisation to get help to locate her birth parents. Barry (Nick Enright) explains why there is so much secrecy around the details of adoption. [read more]
