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Message (1988)

Mrs Millie Boyd tells the story over re-enactment. She describes how the people sent for Leo, a famous warrior in his time, who trained with his two dogs. Leo’s wife would sing a special song that helped him in battle. ... [read more]

Magic satellite (1991)

Freda Glynn (director of CAAMA), Voya Rajic (head of production, SBS TV), Dion Weston (station manager, Imparja TV), Horace Winitja (PY Media Committee), Rhoda Roberts (producer, SBS TV), David Hill (managing director, ABC) and Phillip Batty ... [read more]

Everything is upside down (2006)

A sacred stone has been taken, and a child killed by a crocodile. An old woman explains, ‘Everything’s upside down now, it’s all wrong’. The old men meet and agree to contact the ‘number one Jungaiy for the crocodile dreaming’, ... [read more]

Pink lifesavers (1982)

Jackie (Jo Kennedy) has been invited to a rooftop party by her idol, the rock show host Terry (John O’May), but she’s surprised to find that he’s exclusively interested in male companionship. She joins the poolside fun, as a bevy ... [read more]

1970s Singapore (1971)

This clip begins with a montage of street scenes in Singapore accompanied by an instrumental soundtrack. Filmmaker Alan Bresnahan narrates his experience of Singapore and observes the bamboo scaffolding that adorns construction sites in the city. This is followed by ... [read more]

Home garden displays (1953)

Out of town visitors come to see the floral displays in private gardens across the city. Sweeping pans of the gardens and close ups of flowers show just some of the gardens on display and in competition. The ‘champion house ... [read more]

Burgess Tannery (1906)

A fixed camera shows employees emerging from the entrance to the Burgess Tannery for their lunch break. Many of the employees smile, tip their hats, wave or mock fight for the camera. The men range in age from young boys ... [read more]

1930s China (1932)

This clip shows the harbour and esplanade area of a 1930s Chinese city, including streets, rickshaw pullers and a Chinese junk on the harbour. [read more]

‘We’re happy little Vegemites’ (1959)

A children’s chorus promotes the health properties of Vegemite, a popular Australian yeast spread, in this radio jingle from the late 1950s. [read more]

Greek Orthodox wedding (1954)

This clip shows a bridal party making its way on foot through a small town in Greece. The parade is headed by musicians, with the bride, dressed in white, following behind. At the end of the parade, family and friends ... [read more]

Billycart race (1920)

This clip shows a group of boys riding on the back of goats and children riding in billycarts down a street in Rockhampton, Queensland. The camera films them moving down the street and gathered in a group posing for the ... [read more]

Mick and Phillip argue (1999)

Evelyn Spence (Maya Stange) asks the pearl trader Mick Carpenter (Rufus Sewell) what brings him to the Trobriand Islands. Carpenter then argues with Evelyn’s husband, Dr Phillip Spence (Martin Donovan), over whether Phillip’s research into the nature of human society ... [read more]

Activist group meeting (1972)

A meeting of the Black movement, with speaker Dennis Walker. [read more]

What is Aboriginal art? (1998)

We see dancers on Melville Island applying traditional body paint. The narrator says that Aboriginal art has developed into an industry since the 1970s, and that market forces have influenced the increase in volume but many people are questioning whether ... [read more]

Looking for answers (1995)

At Ubri, the rival scientific research station, Hellegren (Nicholas Bell) is determined to find out what or who travels and communicates with the whale. He brings in Mr Forsyth (William Gluth) to help him. Neri (Marzena Godecki) reflects on her ... [read more]

‘Sunshiny Day’ (2009)

This clip introduces Samson (Rowan McNamara) and the community where he lives. It shows him waking up in a destitute house and petrol sniffing for breakfast, as well as having a brief confrontation with his brother (Matthew Gibson). Delilah (Marissa ... [read more]

This pig ain’t no Babe (1985)

Bertie (Anthony Richards) enrages a boar, which then escapes and chases him up a tree. Cranky Frank Phillips (Martin Vaughan) unwittingly distracts the boar and becomes its next target. He and his wife Shalagh Phillips (Carole Skinner) flee to the ... [read more]

Not so tall timbers (1937)

Darley (Frank Harvey) has just shot dead Charles Blake (Campbell Copelin), in Jim Thornton’s cabin. Blake had made Claire Darley pregnant, then refused to marry her. Thornton (Frank Leighton) and Joan Burbridge (Shirley Ann Richards) rush to the log cabin ... [read more]

Logan lets off steam (1983)

Lila (Robyn Nevin) and her husband George (Peter Whitford) rush to the train station. Logan (John Hargreaves) is leaving town, without signing the papers which would allow them to adopt his son, PS. Logan is drunk, along with Lila’s sister ... [read more]

A dangerous solution (1996)

On the eve of her marriage to Dave Paris, Juliet (Claire Danes) becomes suicidal. Father Laurence (Pete Postlethwaite) proposes a radical solution that will allow her to avoid the marriage and reunite with Romeo. [read more]

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