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Coonabarabran, 1932 (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about going to Coonabarabran to marry Roddy and her short-lived membership of the Communist Party. [read more]
‘Shotties are good’ (1999)
At his sister-in-law’s family home, Jimmy (Heath Ledger) meets two armed robbers. Deirdre (Susie Porter) has set up a job with them, so that Jimmy can get the $10,000 he needs to pay back his debt to Pando (Bryan Brown). ... [read more]
A message from God (1995)
At the mental health clinic, Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) and Harry (John Lynch) have to defend their decision to stay away from doctors during Kate’s pregnancy. The clinic’s director, Dr Norberg (Robyn Nevin), Kate’s former doctor (Alex Pinder), Harry’s brother Morris ... [read more]
‘Police work is people’ (1993)
Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) and Wayne Patterson (Grant Bowler) arrive at the property of Old Man Doherty to follow up on some unpaid parking fines and find more than they bargained for in the form of a vicious german shepherd. ... [read more]
‘A nation without a mind’ (1969)
Will Gardener (Mark McManus) has just picked up returning expatriate Noel Oakshot (David Turnbull) from the airport. They visit an old house where Oakshot lived, that’s now being demolished. Oakshot holds forth on the ‘awful mediocrity’ of Australia, with its ... [read more]
Children’s birthday party (1921)
This clip includes five-year-old Wally being picked up and hugged by his parents; an older man dressed as Santa Claus; children on a seesaw and playing ring-a-rosie; Wally being pushed on a swing by his mother and then father; guests ... [read more]
German mortar attack (2008)
In this flashback to the First World War, Jack (Jai Koutrae) cowers in his trench as a shell explodes, showering him with debris and dust and temporarily deafening him. [read more]
Footscray festivities (1971)
Crowds line the footpath of the Grand Cinema in Footscray. A bicycle’s sign advertises a children’s talent quest grand final. Jack Perry (Zig) and Doug McKenzie (Zag) perform their Zig and Zag clown routine for a crowd of delighted children. ... [read more]
How to build some character (1999)
Wace (Hugh Jackman) and his brother Barky (Mary Denniss) argue about their mother and father, while playing darts with Trunny (Aaron Blabey) and Coppa (Andrew Wholley) at the King’s Hotel. Wace lectures his little brother about the virtues of keeping ... [read more]
‘So where are youse from?’ (2008)
Tarek (Les Chantery) and Nabil (Buddy Dannoun) buy drinks for two glamorous Caucasian Australian women in a trendy inner-city nightclub, but their attempts at small-talk are strained, especially when it comes to the subject of their Lebanese Muslim heritage. Later, ... [read more]
Mannequins, misfits and Marys (1938)
Dad (Bert Bailey) and Dave (Fred MacDonald) arrive at Cecille’s dress shop to inspect their new inheritance. After some confusion with the mannequins, they meet the floorwalker, Mr Entwhistle (Alec Kellaway), a flamboyantly effeminate man who shows them around. Dave ... [read more]
‘Our country, our rules, okay?’ (2007)
Frances (Robyn Butler) and staff members Dawn (Heidi Arena), Nada (Nicole Nabout), Neil (Bob Franklin), Ky (Keith Brockett), Lachie (Josh Lawson) and Matthew (Stephen Ballantyne), search for a suitable theme for Book Week but are interrupted by an early customer ... [read more]
‘My father’s country’ (2002)
Footage of David, Robyn – David’s traditional law wife – and their children in Ramingining. Sweeping aerial views of the ever-widening river that David needs to cross to reach David’s father’s country. Archival footage of Aboriginal people in a mission ... [read more]
‘I want to dance with you’ (1992)
Scott (Paul Mercurio) dances alone while Fran (Tara Morice) watches from a hidden vantage point. She tells him that she likes his rule-breaking style and wants to partner him at the Pan Pacific championships. [read more]
‘A life changing experiment’ (2011)
In a tightly edited three-minute series opener the conceit, locations and participants are introduced accompanied by dramatic glimpses of the story which will unfold over three nights as we follow six ordinary Australians taking a dangerous refugee journey in reverse. [read more]
‘We’d have to start to get political’ (2008)
Narrator Rachael Perkins gives national and international political context to the times of Edward ‘Koiki’ Mabo. A voice-over, derived from Eddie’s diaries and the recollections of his family, give reasons as to why he began his fight for rights. [read more]
‘Scarcely black at all’ (1978)
After a night in jail for drunkenness, Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) joins the Reverend Neville (Jack Thompson) and Mrs Neville (Julie Dawson), his guardians, for Sunday lunch. He promises never to do it again, and outlines his plan to get ... [read more]
Aboriginal trackers (2001)
A photographer is lost in remote Western Australia. Constable Charlie Marks and a group of Aboriginal trackers have to find him quickly. They locate the photographer who has a broken ankle. [read more]
What is culture? (2004)
Warren H Williams and John Williamson singing a song beneath the shadow of Uluru. Warren H Williams explains what culture means to him. [read more]
‘Tell him I need him’ (2007)
The burdens of office are affecting John Curtin’s (William McInnes) health. His daughter Elsie Junior (Asher Keddie) feels helpless in the face of his returning depression and confides as much to her mother, also Elsie (Noni Hazlehurst), while close friend ... [read more]
