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‘We’re no-one, we’re nobody’ (2005)
Tracy (Cate Blanchett), her brother Ray (Martin Henderson) and her boyfriend Jonny (Dustin Nguyen) have driven from Sydney to an isolated farm, to buy a large amount of amphetamines. At the farm, they find Lionel Dawson (Hugo Weaving), dying of ... [read more]
Birth (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Lettergram service as a replacement for the congratulatory telegram, traditionally sent on the birth of a child. [read more]
‘Sent any good telegrams lately?’ (1967)
Wally (John Meillon), driven to demonstrate his love for Rita (Judi Farr), arranges to have flowers delivered to his wife despite his earlier economy drive. Rita, caught at a particularly vulnerable moment, is deeply touched. Meanwhile Rosemary (Noeline Brown) reveals ... [read more]
‘That’s your English Class’ (1993)
Violence erupts in the playground as new Vietnamese student Jack (Tai Nguyen) gets unintentionally involved in the ongoing tensions between ‘Aussie’ Rivers (Scott Major) and his gang and ‘Wog’ Nick (Alex Dimitriades) and his friends. Meanwhile in the staffroom the ... [read more]
Topsy turvy Misrule (1973)
Father (Leonard Teale) is anxious about his important dinner party. He is trying to get Esther (Elizabeth Alexander) and the children organised but Judy (Jennifer Cluff) and Pip (Mark Clark) are late and get into trouble. [read more]
Strong spirit (1999)
Over shots of landscape, an elder named Napanangka tells us about Moonga Moonga, a strong spirit who makes children from other cultures sick, and that 'he is bad and cheeky to people from other countries’. In order to sing these ... [read more]
The finishing touches (1969)
With all five overpasses opened to traffic and most of the roadwork laid, the final touches are added to the expressway including the installation of overhead lighting; the laying of asphalt paving and reflectors and domes to delineate lanes; the ... [read more]
Conversion (1920)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the commencement of work at Victoria Parade for the electrification of the cable tram system of Collins Street, Melbourne. [read more]
Sugar cane (1998)
Grace is walking through the sugar cane fields. In flashback the two sisters, playing in the cane fields, place necklaces around each other’s necks, laughing with glee. Grace walks back through the sugar cane. Thunder clouds roll overhead. Loretta strokes ... [read more]
The rice farm (1991)
Filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke offers to buy Thai prostitute Aoi a rice farm if she will stop practising prostitution. Aoi gives her response. [read more]
New vocabulary (1995)
Choreographer Meryl Tankard says she tries to create a 'new vocabulary’ whenever she creates a new dance piece. We see her rehearsing a new piece with the Adelaide based company, Australian Dance Theatre. A member of the CORPS de ... [read more]
Strength of mind (1993)
An inhabitant of the Kiribati Islands speaks about the rough seas and the boat capsizing, losing everything but a plastic hat, a piece of rope and a stick. There are interviews, re-enactments and footage of huge seas and storms. Another ... [read more]
Introducing Mavis Bramston (1964)
A glimpse of the British performer’s ‘audition tape’ shows why Mavis Bramston (Noeline Brown) will not be the star of The Mavis Bramston Show after all. [read more]
You become what you eat (1998)
Little Kevin (voiced by Philip Joseph) is busy licking his snotty face at the supermarket. He hides from his mother, opens a packet of lollies off the shelf and gobbles them greedily. An old lady trips over the lollies he’s ... [read more]
European house borer (1960)
This clip begins with scenes of migrants arriving by ship to Australia, and their luggage being inspected by quarantine officers for signs of borer. Workers prepare a house for fumigation, covering it with a heavy cloth before gassing the inside. ... [read more]
Life a wreck (1991)
Alwyn Peter looks back on his life with regret. He was tried for killing his girlfriend and his marriage broke up because of his alcholism. [read more]
Powerful gift (1989)
Australian artist Brett Whiteley says that he was born with a 'powerful gift’. Whiteley points out that many 'gifted people shipwreck’. He talks of his addiction to drugs and says it is a way of testing his gift as a ... [read more]
Family (1979)
In this sequence Cath (Lorna Lesley) is enjoying her new feelings of sexuality but her father (Martin Vaughan) punishes her for them. [read more]
Number seven boomerang (2004)
Four senior tribesmen introduce themselves and talk about going to look for a tree suitable for a number seven boomerang. Two of the Elders begin to chop down a tree they have chosen for making a number seven boomerang. They ... [read more]
Hot to trot (1977)
A cartoon adventure featuring Captain Goodvibes, the pig of steel, and his sidekick Astro. You can watch Hot to Trot here in its entirety. [read more]
