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The Daylight Moon: A Portrait of the Poet Les Murray (1991)
Les Murray’s readings of his poetry are synchronised with his autobiographical reflections spoken to camera on the family farm near Taree in northern NSW and in Sydney locations. [read more]
‘My heart would melt’ (2004)
Afghan Shah recalls how he courted Habiba and won her heart. Both people were the innocent victims of landmines. [read more]
Not In Front of the Kids (2003)
A short documentary made by bRitt Arthur which explores sexuality, relationships, ageing and the social and physical needs of people in their later years of life. It contains a series of vignettes in which men and women aged over sixty ... [read more]
Shine (1996)
David Helfgott (played as a child by Alex Rafalowicz) is a piano prodigy, growing up in Perth in the 1950s. His father Peter (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is a loving authoritarian, determined to keep his family together at all costs, a legacy ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Top Enders (1988)
Alice (Bennendine Woods) and her mother Sue (Madeleine Blackwell) live in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Alice, about eleven years old, is a tough and independent kid. She and her mother have been on their own for some time now, ... [read more]
Winners – The Other Facts of Life (1985)
Twelve-year-old Ben Guthrie (Ken Talbot) has a good life. His family are well off and his father Ron Guthrie (Dennis Miller), is a successful and ambitious butcher with big plans for expanding his business. There are some things however, that ... [read more]
Chifley at the helm (1946)
The clip shows this ALP cinema advertisement, for the 28 September 1946 federal election, in its entirety. [read more]
‘The strangest of all encounters’ (2000)
This clip, narrated by David Wenham, explores significant landmarks in the history of the interaction between Australian culture and the beach. [read more]
Beyond Reasonable Doubt – The Case of Ronald Ryan (1977)
Ronald Ryan, a convicted armed robber, was the last man to be hanged in Australia. The year was 1967. It was alleged he’d shot a warder as he and another prisoner, Peter Walker, made their escape from Pentridge Gaol in ... [read more]
The Book Show – Jim McClelland (1991)
Dinny O’Hearn and Andrea Stretton begin this weekly magazine program on Australia Day at Bondi Beach, where they discuss the different meanings of this special day for different groups of Australians. Then Dinny shows an interview he completed in Melbourne ... [read more]
The Dream and the Dreaming (2003)
A documentary about the arrival of the Lutheran missionaries in 1877 in central Australia. [read more]
The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait (1898)
Yamaz Sibarud, a traditional song performed by ‘Maino of Yam’, is part of the Alfred Cort Haddon recordings of the Cambridge anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898. [read more]
Water Rats – Goes With the Territory (1999)
The Sydney water police team are called in to investigate when a fishing boat explodes, fatally injuring a seventeen-year-old boy. What initially looks like an accident may be something more sinister: the boat belongs to Brian Geary (Steven Vidler), an ... [read more]
Last Mail from Birdsville: The Story of Tom Kruse (2000)
The documentary follows the last mail run of octogenarian Tom Kruse, as he drives his restored truck from Birdsville in Centralia to Adelaide in 1998. From 1936 Tom made the fortnightly run with mail, stores and fuel to the remote ... [read more]
‘My place’ (1988)
This clip features time-based portraits of patrons in an Erskineville pub and residents of an aged care facility in Campsie, Sydney. [read more]
A Brief Survey of the Activities of the Brisbane City Mission (c1939)
This promotional documentary made by the Brisbane City Mission surveys the Mission’s activities and services during the late 1930s and the relief they provide for thousands of the city’s urban poor. It details the distribution of meals, clothing and blankets ... [read more]
Sikh terrorists (2001)
A few months after the anti-Sikh riots in India, Sikhs planted bombs on public transport. Young Primjit Singh Uberoi was sent to Australia by his mother for safety. Primjit recalls the emotional impact of separation from his family. [read more]
Cultural outsiders (2001)
When Safina moves to Australia she gains a new understanding of her mother Patricia. In India, Patricia describes how her perspective is now 'Indian’ to the point where she is surprised to see a fair skinned face in the mirror. [read more]
The summer of 77 (2001)
The Summer of 77 can be viewed here in its entirety. Cathy (Mary-Ann Henshaw), age 36, recalls a youthful summer holiday romance involving herself (Brooke Ryan), surfer boy Mick (Tristan Roache-Turner) and her best friend Anna (Kassandra Lee). The older ... [read more]
‘Look at the bastards’ (1987)
Tas (John Walton) and his three comrades watch with disdain as the new British commander, General Allenby (Anthony Hawkins), inspects the Light Horse camp. The soldiers see typical ‘Pommy brass’, but Allenby is different. As he inspects the horses, Lieutenant-Colonel ... [read more]
