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It’s only natural (1998)

Professor Roger Short, biologist, says that the bonds of love that help keep the family unit together serve to protect the offspring. [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]

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]

‘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]

‘Wrong about everything’ (1997)

The ship’s engineer, a South African racist called Klipper (Richard Carter) has a plan to blow the ship by wetting the barrels of carbide, and using his model aeroplane as a trigger. In the galley, the cook (Yaw Glymin) tells ... [read more]

Byfield National Park (1992)

Peter Garrett visits the pristine Shoalwater area, where the Federal Government has granted licences for sandmining. He says that the mining will have a devastating effect on the beautiful area. [read more]

Sacred tree (1984)

Historical footage of Gove mine. In the middle of the mine is a roped off tree, preserved 'at great cost to the mine’ because it is sacred to the Aborigines. [read more]

Treating, educating (2003)

Frank Djara talks about playing for the Areyonga football team, and the competitions staged between the communities. Footage shows Frank attending the Central Australian AIDS Conference in Alice Springs in 1990. [read more]

‘I’m John’ (2010)

Jamie Vlassikis (Lucas Pittaway) has been woken at night by the sound of a motorbike being continually revved outside. He and his younger brother (who has joined him) look out the window and see the grinning culprit wearing a helmet, ... [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]

‘Women are never true’ (1996)

Sandra, the hospital deputy (Kerry Walker), goes backstage on opening night to introduce the show, unaware that they will perform Così Fan Tutte, not a variety show. Her confusion becomes highly audible as the curtain goes up. Doug (David Wenham), ... [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]

From Benghazi to London (1941)

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows scenes from his trip to Benghazi and England. The clip begins with children playing volleyball and includes camels resting on the ground, a local tribal ... [read more]

‘It’s television, dear’ (1995)

Actress Kerry Walker reminisces about the arrival of TV in Melbourne. Television sets were in shop windows and people stood in the street to see the new marvel. [read more]

‘Saturday kind of car’ (1967)

A paperboy delivers the Saturday newspaper in a suburban street. A man in his pyjamas waves to his wife as she leaves to do the weekly grocery shopping, taking her daughter and the family dog with her in the Holden ... [read more]

Queen Elizabeth II opens Victorian Parliament (1954)

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, on 25 February 1954, shows the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh by car outside the Parliament of Victoria. They ... [read more]

Delivering paper for printing (1928)

Three men help roll large sheets of printing paper off the back of horsedrawn transport standing at the printing room’s entrance. The paper is placed on machines which rewind the sheets to ensure smooth running through the rotary printing press. ... [read more]

Devils pool (2005)

Annie Wonga, an elder of the Yidinji people, tells the history of her family and the Devils Pool of Babinda. Annie did not visit the waterhole until 1985 because it is a sacred space. Daryl Murgha tells of how, as ... [read more]

Letting go (2007)

Beautiful orchestral music on the soundtrack accompanies images of Uluru at dusk, the Olgas, the beach, the outback, clouds, the sun descending, birds gathering and a windmill. In voice-over, a woman speaks about letting go of the day and the ... [read more]

Malaya terrain (1964)

This clip, shot in various regions of Malaysia (then called Malaya), emphasises the difficulty of troop movement through the landscape. [read more]

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