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‘This is Streeton!’ (1988)
Johnno (Damien Walters) is checking his hearing aid when the local bus arrives, bringing a newcomer to the town. It is Tony (Joe Petruzzi), the Italian migrant, eager to begin a new life in Australia. Intrigued, Johnno follows Tony to ... [read more]
Crash landing (1992)
Two of the Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson and Richard Fidler) emerge from the rubble after their submarine is blasted into space. The event is reported by Shitsu Tonka Corporation’s newsreader (Khym Lam) in a broadcast that is beamed ... [read more]
‘Cologne’ (1978)
Madeleine (Chantal Contouri) introduces Angela (Sigrid Thornton) to Linsey (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a top advertising photographer. Linsey asks Angela to star in a cologne campaign. [read more]
Honey ant (2005)
A group of women sitting on the ground digging with digging sticks. One of the women speaks about how the poison that will be dumped by the government will destroy their bush foods – honey ants, goannas, kangaroo, emu, bush ... [read more]
Sydney Research Group (1993)
In 1941 the HMAS Sydney was sunk by a German ship off the coast of Western Australia. There were no Australian survivors. There are conflicting opinions about whether the HMAS Sydney sent a distress signal and why there ... [read more]
Contesting voices (1986)
A montage of mostly found images ranging from satellite photos and newsreel footage of A-bomb tests in the desert to clips from The Plains of Heaven (1982), The Back of Beyond (1954) and On Our Selection (1920); male ... [read more]
Opening of Queensland Parliament (1899)
This short film is actuality footage of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899. The carriage is escorted by members of Queensland’s Permanent Artillery on horseback. A guard of honour ... [read more]
Bodalla (2000)
Romaine walks around Bodalla, New South Wales, the place where she grew up working on a bean farm. [read more]
Theme From ‘Blue Hills’ (1949)
This is the theme music and opening announcement from the long-running ABC radio drama Blue Hills (1949–76). [read more]
Always on my mind (2006)
Football players lined up ready to train, it is night-time. Non-Indigenous player Brad Taaffe speaks of three generations of his family growing up with Aboriginal people. Brad’s wife is Aboriginal, and Taaffe talks about the absence of racism. Chris ‘Offo’ ... [read more]
Advertising peace bonds (1917)
This clip shows a horse-drawn wagon and car carrying animal cages belonging to the Colleano and Sole Brothers Circus, as they travel down a Melbourne street. Signs advertising peace bonds are erected on the cages of a lion and kangaroo. ... [read more]
‘We can’t be beaten’ (2006)
A montage of black-and-white photos shows Luc and his mother at a younger age, and the suburban houses of Yagoona. Back in the present, we meet the team of friends – ex-junkie Boof (Jason McGoldrick); Terry the supermarket worker (Steven ... [read more]
‘Make him show you’ (1968)
This is part two of a television advertisement for three Holden HK sports coupes: the Monaro, Monaro GTS and Monaro GTS 327. The advertisement includes a jingle and male voice-over. [read more]
Hell on wheels (1981)
An injured Max (Mel Gibson) has returned to the settler’s camp, after his car has been destroyed. He offers to drive the oil tanker for their breakout attempt. Humungus’s men line up to await his charge. Humungus has put Wez ... [read more]
‘Wearing out instead of rusting out’ (1978)
The Dulhuntys are going about their evening chores after a day on the lake. [read more]
Parcel Post (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and the Parcel Post service. [read more]
Iron battleships (2000)
HMS Warrior was built by the British in 1860 to be the most advanced and deadly warship of its time. She carried 26 guns, was fuelled by coal and could sail at 14 knots. The Warrior heralded a new ... [read more]
Two sisters (2002)
Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is preparing breakfast for her younger sister (Savannah Glynn-Braun). The younger sister complains about being sick and says she does not want to go to school. Marnie ignores her protests, and walks her to the bus stop, ... [read more]
Judgement day (2005)
A secret surfing competition has been set up between Anna (Mara Scherzinger) and Joe (Matt Rudduck) to determine which of them gets the coveted seventh spot in the Solar Blue Surf Academy. Joe has chosen The Gallows, a treacherous surfing ... [read more]
Discovery is just a word (1984)
Historical footage of Indigenous people in both cultural activity and in the process of being institutionalised in the mission church. [read more]
