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Termite string (2001)
A woman shows us how to find termites by following the termite string to the termite bed in the spinifex grass. She shows the young children the termite eggs. She tells us that they rub the children’s tummy by mixing ... [read more]
‘She’s exhausting’ (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) are at a house-warming party. Gordon has just discovered that the woman he has had a crush on since he was 12 has been having sex in one of the bedrooms. Cynthia drags ... [read more]
‘Clean, green and healthier’ (2006)
Vehicle exhaust emissions are responsible for increased deaths from asthma, heart disease and lung cancer due to all the toxins in petrol and diesel, according to Professor Ray Kearney, a vocal supporter of biofuels. He says that ethanol will cut ... [read more]
‘I am a bit racist’ (2011)
A segment from the final show in the series, The Response. Studio based, with a live audience including relatives and friends of the six participants, this clip focuses on Raquel’s journey and her responses to both the experience itself and ... [read more]
Farming classes at Dookie Agricultural College (1919)
This clip from a brief documentary shows an observational look at returned First World War servicemen in 1919 as they train to be farmers at Dookie Agricultural College and commence work at Merbein, Victoria. It begins with a title card ... [read more]
Putting things into perspective (1999)
We see rugby league coach Wayne Bennett in the change room after the Brisbane Broncoes have lost a match and players including Allan Langer speak of the respect that players have for Bennett. Bennett is then seen at home having ... [read more]
Car boys (1986)
Jimmy (Ned Manning) arrives at a car crash scene with his brother Frank (Ollie Hall), a tow-truck driver. Frank and a rival driver both claim rights to the wreckage. During their argument with police a gang of ‘car boys’ arrives. ... [read more]
She can sing (1998)
Amy (Alana De Roma) and Robert (Ben Mendelsohn) arrive back from the park to a street full of police. Tanya (Rachel Griffiths) wants him charged with abduction. Robert tells the police that the child can sing. Senior Sergeant Thurgood (Dennis ... [read more]
‘A first date’ (2007)
A very nervous Tim (Khan Chittenden) picks up Jill (Emma Booth) in his truck, to take her on their first date. Her flatmate, Kelly (Katie Wall) waves goodbye. Tim is awkward and tongue-tied during the meal and reluctant to admit ... [read more]
Death in custody (1993)
Essie’s nephew, Eddie, is one of the 'Stolen Generations’. He has returned to Brewarrina, having been adopted out and raised by a white family in Sydney. He plays the organ, which is fitting music for Essie’s cousin, Priscilla Boney. Priscilla ... [read more]
Father plants an idea (2006)
Misty (Lee Cormie) overhears Fearless (Sullivan Stapleton) tell Father Scully (Frank Gallacher) that he and Teresa are still having difficulty starting a family. Father Scully points out that the December Boys are desperate to be part of a family. A ... [read more]
Fiona aloner (2002)
Miller (Richard Wilson) introduces himself to Reilly (Douglas Smith). Inviting him to join him in his outdoor hangout, Miller makes his feelings about Aggie (Jade Ewen) known. Reilly’s interest is piqued by the sight of another local, teenager Fiona McDaniel ... [read more]
Drawing a positive character (1992)
Andrea Stretton is talking to Peter Carey. He is visiting Australia from his home in New York where his latest book, The Tax Inspector (1991), has just been published to rave reviews. The interview discusses whether getting some distance is ... [read more]
‘This is our home now’ (2007)
Rose (Joan Chen) and her husband 'Uncle Bill’ (Steven Vidler) kiss after she moves back in, seven years after she left him. Rose’s son Tom (Joel Lok) gets a nosebleed as he watches them. Rose resents the presence of Bill’s ... [read more]
Do animals feel? (2000)
In Armidale, New South Wales, Lesley Rogers’s and Gisela Kaplan’s work with animals is rewriting the scientific understanding of how animals behave and communicate. Kaplan describes how they must teach a captured young tawny frogmouth owl how to hunt and ... [read more]
‘What I really like about Australia’ (1985)
In vox pops a local man (John Harrison) and a Russian (Michael Veitch, with voice-over by John Alsop) tell us what they think of Australia. Two men at the pub (Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro) complain about Asian immigration. [read more]
Menzies with RAAF trainees in Canada (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies on his tour from England to the United States of America is introduced with a title card that says ‘RAAF Trainees in Canada’. It then ... [read more]
Batavia crew rescued (1973)
Pelsaert returns from Batavia in a rescue vessel for the crew shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast. Prison cells were built from coral on Long Island to confine the mutineers. [read more]
Ernie gets an idea (1979)
Cassie McCallum (Louise Howitt) takes a call from Tooraglen Stud and alerts Peter Ramsay (John Hargreaves) that his help is required there – Maurice Morpeth (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) has allowed the stud’s prize bull Ottoman to escape. His employer Russell Scott ... [read more]
