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‘A chance to be a mother’ (2001)

Vanessa and Michael and their family and friends grieve over the death of their newborn baby Layla. [read more]

Rabbit census (1955)

CSIRO officers from the Wildlife Survey Section conduct a census on rabbit numbers in their field experiment enclosure c1955. [read more]

Romeo and Juliet (1928)

Romeo slays Tybalt in a street fight, but then is banished. Juliet (George Browne) laments at the news and seeks the Friar Lawrence’s help. The final tragedy unfolds as Juliet lies ‘dead’ only to be discovered by a distraught Romeo ... [read more]

Three dancers (1898)

This clip features a lead dancer in mask and two Dari headdress dancers in the Malu-Bomai Ceremony. [read more]

‘Cyclone Tracy’ (2010)

This clip tells the story of Cyclone Tracy, a painting by Rover Thomas produced in 1991. [read more]

You must like your characters (1992)

Andrea Stretton comments on the strong sense of family in Carey’s fiction and he tells us he has no real idea of family. He was sent to boarding school at the age of 10 and his siblings were a decade ... [read more]

Science, technology and research (1962)

This television advertisement highlights General Motors Holden’s research and training programs, apprenticeships, cadetships and scholarships, and the contribution they make to help Australia 'meet the challenge of the times’. Explanatory voice-over narration accompanies footage of workers and researchers in factories, ... [read more]

Auteur (1999)

Footage of a group of bikers riding and interviews with Sandy Harbutt in 1998 and 1973 are intercut with black-and-white and colour footage. Harbutt explains how he was able to get the numbers of bikies for the funeral scene in ... [read more]

‘You ever shot a horse?’ (1971)

At the Matlock police station, Sergeant Bert Kennedy (Vic Gordon) gets a call from Mrs Templar about an injured horse. Detective Curtis (Grigor Taylor) and Constable Hogan (Paul Cronin) set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Les Baker (Danny Adcock), currently a ... [read more]

Facilities for war neurosis patients (1919)

This clip shows the grounds where patients suffering from war neurosis were treated in 1919. It begins with a simple black-and-white title card that states ‘Where war neurosis cases are treated’. Various men walk through and attend to the gardens. [read more]

‘You think I’m cheap’ (1972)

Pete and Elly have been missing for two days, since the picnic. Clyde (John Wood) and Mara (Kate Fitzpatrick) talk about whether they have just run away. Clyde thinks that Mara’s desire to do the same is irresponsible. Mara decides ... [read more]

Meeting (1981)

A story about an event that occurred in 1933 is introduced. A meeting takes place where the story about an Aboriginal man accused of stealing a bullock is told. The group of people begin to negotiate who will play what ... [read more]

Wet markets, Penang (1970)

Typical scenes at an open wet market in Penang, Malaysia, include men carrying and weighing baskets of fish; hawker stalls and vegetable sellers; and the pedestrians, cars, bicycles and trishaws which fill the streets. The clip ends with a man ... [read more]

‘Rally for justice’ (1995)

In a publicity stunt engineered by the radio station, a Perth 'shock jock’ radio announcer, Howard Sattler, invited his audience to a rally outside Parliament in 1991 to protest against juvenile crime. When Sattler is confronted with the reality that ... [read more]

‘I feel like a slut’ (2007)

Jerry (Nathan Phillips), Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) and Pete (Khan Chittenden) visit the scene of the crime in the culvert, with a few other friends. Jerry does not know that Pete and Cheryl took part in the bashing. When Jerry breaks ... [read more]

Wheat harvesting (1899)

This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. It shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop ... [read more]

Science for bureaucrats (1961)

At Mawson base on the Antarctic coast, the new men settle into their tasks, gathering vital weather information to send back to Australia. The radio room operates 16 hours per day, communicating with home base via Perth, Western Australia. A ... [read more]

No work (1982)

We see all the characters in a typical day – babysitting, doing house work, going to the dole office, eating fish and chips at the beach and shopping for hair dye. [read more]

Medicine (1930)

This clip shows Balinese men and women lining up for, and receiving, injections from a foreign medical worker. A female nurse provides assistance and keeps the line moving. [read more]

‘Murder suicide’ (2002)

At the club, Barry (Bryan Brown) and Darcy (Sam Worthington) shift the bodies of two men that Barry has just shot. Detective Sergeant Ray (Sam Neill) arrives. The policeman is Barry’s main paid fixer of problems. Back in the outback ... [read more]

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