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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]
PK chant (1976)
Islanders play cricket as the narrator (Jerry W Leach) explains the local customs of the game. One team gets an opposing player out then performs the 'PK’ chant, then an exit dance. [read more]
Turtle eggs and dugong (1980)
The men return from their hunting expedition having successfully killed a dugong. The women are waiting on the shore, and immediately prepare a fire to cook the dugong. [read more]
Hula show, Hawaii (1977)
This performance by Hawaiian dancers is part of a hula show staged for tourists and sponsored by Kodak. This clip shows the last half of the performance and the applauding crowd at the end. [read more]
Proper representation (1998)
Barrister Liz Gaynor in her rooms after appearing at a trial, makes the point that allegations are only that and all citizens are entitled to proper representation. She speaks about her passion for the justice system, and the need for ... [read more]
‘I love gravity’ (2006)
Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has been expelled from the colony. His dancing upsets the elders, but he finds that Adelie penguins have a much more open attitude. His new best friends – five party-loving Argentinean Adelies, led by the ... [read more]
Mayor Croco (1997)
To Croco’s amazement, Mr Plato mistakenly declares him the new Mayor of Bushtown. The ruthlessly ambitious Suka seizes the moment and accepts on Croco’s behalf. Skippy and Matilda are horrified. [read more]
‘I don’t want to talk about it’ (1996)
The girl (Chloe Ferguson) listens as her parents argue in the next room. Kate, a babysitter (Kate Greetham), arrives as the parents are about to go to counselling. Kate asks the silent child if she has gone mad. Later, the ... [read more]
Bathurst Island Dancers (1988)
A group of female students enter the stage, and begin to do the dance from Bathurst Island. [read more]
Four languages – two laws (1981)
Elders from the four language groups – Mara, Yanula, Garrawa, and Gurdandji – introduce the film in their respective languages. [read more]
Temptation (1984)
The cabaret manager entices the girl pianist into his club where he shows her a grand piano. [read more]
Blackfella’s law (2002)
After the death of the fanatic, the tracker (David Gulpilil) and the follower (Damon Gameau) are captured by the local tribe in this area. They have also captured the fugitive (Noel Wilton), an Aboriginal man of a different clan. The ... [read more]
Randwick Racecourse crowds (1928)
At the conclusion of the final race in the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, a large crowd is marshalled out to waiting trams. Thousands of people stream onto the platform and pile in before they travel out of shot and ... [read more]
A common experience (1988)
Michael Mansell from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre talks about the treatment of Aborigines by whites during the history of Australian colonisation. Footage shows preparation for the protest march against the Australian Bicentenary as it prepares to leave Redfern oval. [read more]
Melbourne Cup 1924 (1924)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel special shows highlights of the 1924 Melbourne Cup including the horses entering the racetrack, crowd, the showground, grandstand and the race which was won by Backwood. [read more]
Swanston and Collins Streets (1910)
A point-of-view shot of a tram crossing Princes Bridge towards the city shows Flinders Street Station on the left of the frame, and St Paul’s Cathedral on the right. Further along Swanston Street, horse carriages can be seen travelling on ... [read more]
Still or moving image? (1896)
This clip shows a group of men posing for the camera at the 1896 Melbourne Cup. Unfamiliar with moving image, the men remain still as if posing for a photograph. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view ... [read more]
Crows (2001)
An elder describes how his father stumbled into the Coniston massacre. The man retells his father’s story of the events that triggered the massacre. A map of the area shows us the locations the elder is speaking about. Paintings of ... [read more]
Shelling peas (2001)
Seemingly oblivious to her grandaughter’s close scrutiny, Ada (voiced by Isobel Lancaster) shells peas at the dining room table as the family members come and go. [read more]
Tree-felling (1925)
Two men complete chopping around the base of a large tree trunk with hand-held axes. The tree falls to the ground. At another tree, men stand on planks of wood embedded in the tree trunk that create a makeshift ladder ... [read more]
