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Macquarie Island (1931)
The expedition team head across Northeast Bay towards Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean north of Antarctica. They head towards the island in a small boat and an attached ‘pram’. On the beach, the men unload their equipment and disperse ... [read more]
Through the Centre (1940)
Made by Herschells Films for the Shell Company of Australia, Through the Centre follows a Shell expedition to map a tourist route from Perth, through northern Western Australia to Darwin, then south through Central Australia to Adelaide. Along the way, ... [read more]
Promise husband (1998)
In a night-time ceremony around a fire, a small girl is told she is promised to a husband. In the present day, the girl now a young woman soon to be married, Della (Urshula Yovich) packs her gear and climbs ... [read more]
SeaChange – One of the Gang (1998)
High-powered city lawyer Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) is almost too busy to notice her life falling apart. Then her husband’s shock arrest for white-collar crimes, the revelation he is having an affair with her sister and the realisation that she ... [read more]
The sailors part one (1927)
The Sailors is a recorded version of a theatrical comedy routine by vaudeville performers Stiffy (Nat Phillips) and Mo (Roy Rene). You can listen to part one of The Sailors here in its entirety. Part one is the first side ... [read more]
Planning for the future (1956)
Marg and Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) marry in the mid-1940s. As cheerful instrumental music plays, a montage shows Bill Smith working hard on a small construction site building cottages during the postwar boom. During a break, a workmate warns him ... [read more]
Water Rats – Dead in the Water (1996)
The Sydney Water Police are called in when there is an explosion on a charter boat full of schoolgirls and soon find themselves searching for more unexploded bombs in the harbour. Then a ferry is hijacked – could the two ... [read more]
Strange happenings in the desert (2004)
Our central characters are in transit and heading towards Alice Springs for the eclipse. Travelling on the Ghan, the young doctor Matt (Patrick Brammall) leaves a group of older women with whom he shares a cabin, and meets a beautiful ... [read more]
Halifax f.p. – Afraid of the Dark (1997)
When eight people are gunned down at a petrol station, forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is called in to create a profile of the killer and soon finds herself in over her head. With the case stirring up memories ... [read more]
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
Dot, a small child, becomes lost in the Australian bush after she wanders away from her parents’ farm. She falls down a gully and wakes up to find a large female red kangaroo tapping her on the shoulder. With the ... [read more]
Crossing the Roper River (1946)
McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) swims his cattle across the crocodile-infested Roper River, one of the largest rivers in the Northern Territory. Mary Parsons (Daphne Campbell) plunges in, leading her horse across, as her mother (Jean Blue) and sister (Helen Grieve) watch ... [read more]
Australia’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Sydney (1938)
This home movie captures the parade on 26 January 1938 celebrating the 150th anniversary of Captain Arthur Phillip’s arrival on Australian shores. Parading down a city street are an Aboriginal float, a First Fleet float, a Governor Philip float and ... [read more]
Mum’s the Word – Episode 16 (2003)
A group of high achieving mothers, led by presenter Rebecca le Tourneau, discuss how they feel pressured by their children to buy, buy, buy. Included in this otherwise affluent group is a young single mother who talks about what it ... [read more]
‘A new nation flexing its muscles’ (1954)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive in Sydney aboard the Royal ship SS Gothic, to be greeted at Farm Cove by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, and the Governor-General, Sir William Slim. The ... [read more]
‘May the best man win’ (2006)
In a harbourside bar, stockbroker Will (Matthew Newton) joins friends for a drink. Angus McFarlane (Aden Young) tells everyone about their bet – who can make the most money in 90 days, for a prize of $100,000. Will asks Benno ... [read more]
Sydney 1958 (2007)
This clip shows colour 9.5mm footage of Sydney filmed by Frank Straford in 1958. It features scenes of Sydney Harbour, Circular Quay and the Hawkesbury River and includes a voice-over narration by Straford and an instrumental soundtrack. [read more]
Rachel’s Story (1997)
At sixteen, Rachel began working as a prostitute in Kings Cross and became addicted to heroin. She met Clive, who helped her recover from the addiction and give up prostitution. They subsequently married. Some years later, Rachel decides to help ... [read more]
Pretty song (1998)
Hearing music, Della (Urshula Yovich) gets up and finds Alvin (Trevor Jamieson) playing guitar. She watches him before returning to the bedroom. Alvin smiles shyly. No words are said. [read more]
The game (1996)
Thomas Wills and his cousin, HCA Harrison, combined elements of soccer, Gaelic football and rugby union to come up with a concoction that incorporated all the codes and founded AFL in the 1860s. An overview of ... [read more]
Sydney Harbour and Anzac Day (c1946)
This home movie features panoramic colour views of Sydney Harbour and the Anzac Day parade in Sydney, 1946. [read more]
