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For what purpose? (2005)
Frank Byrne, Stolen Generations senior case workers Heather Shearer and Justin Howard, director Mitch Torres and Julie Hayden from the Department of Indigenous Affairs sit around a table. They are looking at the yellow pages of an old file that ... [read more]
‘I don’t eat bacon’ (1997)
Detectives Hummer (Chris Haywood) and Crean (Andrew S Gilbert) are eating breakfast. Crean declines to eat his bacon, telling his partner he’s Jewish. Faced with his partner’s scepticism, Crean goes on to tell a series of outlandish stories about his ... [read more]
Chook thief? (1988)
Johnno (Damien Walters), is falsely accused of stealing Les’s (Henry Salter) chooks and for his anxious father (John Waters), this is the final straw. He decides it is time to teach Johnno a lesson. Tony (Joe Petruzzi) tries to stand ... [read more]
Baby oil (1994)
In flashback, little Harvey (Nicholas O’Brien) listens to his grandfather (Graham Dow) spin a tale about where babies come from. Back in the present day, Harvey’s grandfather has been incapacitated by a stroke. Harvey’s mother,Monica McHugh (Monica Maughan), chats to ... [read more]
Henry ‘Breaker’ Morant (1973)
Using stock footage to accompany the voice-over, the narrator tells us, in detail, of the disputed circumstances of Morant’s birth in England, and of his arrival in Australia in 1884. We learn that as a young man in Western ... [read more]
Biscuits and wafers (1932)
The distinctive shapes of Milk Arrowroot and Iva biscuits emerge from the rolling and cutting machines. Women deftly sort and pack the biscuits into their packaging once they have been baked and cooled. Lemon, raspberry and pineapple are just a ... [read more]
Growing a community (2002)
Mary Gregory is a Good Samaritan Sister who came to Claymore over a decade ago and has stayed ever since. She got people together in her large backyard as a first step towards encouraging them to get to know each ... [read more]
‘We’ve got to wear it’ (1997)
The Footscray Football Club plays Collingwood and is narrowly defeated. Their coach, Terry ‘Plough’ Wallace, gives the players a roasting after the game. [read more]
Kathy meets Patrick (1978)
Kathy Jacquard (Susan Penhaligon) begins work at the private clinic of Dr Roget (Robert Helpmann). Matron Cassidy (Julia Blake) orders Sister Williams (Helen Hemingway) to take Kathy to room 15 to look after comatose patient Patrick (Robert Thompson). [read more]
Laying sewer pipes (1922)
The Board of Works digs up ground in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to lay sewerage pipes. A large section of pipe is lowered into a trench beside railway tracks. Men above ground watch the pipe lowered by crane as workers in ... [read more]
An offer they can’t refuse (1979)
Henderson (Charles 'Bud’ Tingwell) offers Eric Jackson (Terence Donovan) a proposition – give him two thirds of the $20 million he’s planning to steal from Darcys counting house, or lose his toes, one by one. Henderson then explains the deal ... [read more]
Inappropriate calls (1998)
Ambulance officers talk about inappropriate use of emergency vehicles. Some patients call an ambulance when they could have travelled to hospital by taxi or private vehicle. While this is quite legal, it could take the ambulances out of operation when ... [read more]
Turtle eggs and dugong (1980)
The men return from their hunting expedition having successfully killed a dugong. The women are waiting on the shore, and immediately prepare a fire to cook the dugong. [read more]
Rescue demonstration (1909)
This clip shows members of the South Australian Fire Brigade at their Wakefield Street headquarters in Adelaide demonstrating rescue and resuscitation techniques for the camera. Firefighters practise the 'fireman’s lift’ (used to rescue trapped people from a fire), wear protective ... [read more]
Four languages – two laws (1981)
Elders from the four language groups – Mara, Yanula, Garrawa, and Gurdandji – introduce the film in their respective languages. [read more]
Maestro Simone Young (1995)
Australian Simone Young was the assistant conductor to Daniel Barenboim. He comments on her qualities. Barenboim observes that the conductor’s right hand maintains the beat and the left hand is used for nuance, colour and phrasing. Her manager, Michael Lewin, ... [read more]
Puffing Billy (1991)
Puffing Billy transports tourists from Melbourne to the Dandenong Ranges. [read more]
Manmoyi (2001)
Kamarrang of the Bordoh clan introduces himself and the Narbalek band to us. They come from Manmoyi, 200 kms from Oenpelli in Arnhem Land. Kamarrang tells us how the band has been established to teach the children the traditional songs, ... [read more]
Balinese paranormal (2003)
Natalie’s Balinese husband, John, was killed in the Bali bombing. Natalie consulted a paranormal to make contact with her dead husband and help come to terms with her loss. [read more]
‘What journalists?’ (2009)
José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) tells Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia) that five Australian journalists have gone missing in East Timor. [read more]
