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Mayhem breaks out (1985)
Judah Bow (Peter Phelps), his friends and Abigail Kirk (Imogen Annesley) race down the stairs into the brothel. Abigail uses a broomstick to trip up the men chasing them and they end up in a pile at the bottom with ... [read more]
Boyd’s metamorphosis (1985)
Arthur Boyd moved to London to paint. He developed his distinctive style and introduced the idea of metamorphosis to his work. Boyd places people and mythological characters in an Australian setting. [read more]
Sydney Harbour in colour (1946)
This colour home movie shows views from various points around Sydney Harbour in the mid-1940s. The Harbour Bridge is seen, and the south head of the harbour, with the water tower at Vaucluse visible on the horizon. A man, standing ... [read more]
Training underwater (2005)
Commanding officer Steve Hussey conducts training exercises on board the Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin. During these exercises, a real emergency engulfs the crew when a leaky exhaust valve fills the area with smoke. [read more]
Safety first (1936)
This 11-minute short drama, seen here in full, teaches children about the road rules and road safety. [read more]
Dorothy Tangney maiden speech (1944)
Recorded by the ABC in Sydney on 21 April 1944, Senator Dorothy Tangney reads the maiden speech that she originally presented in the Senate in Canberra on 24 September 1943. [read more]
Between worlds (2005)
Tommy tells us about the massacre on the plains, Aboriginal peoples executed by stockmen. This is woven into his recount off his experience as a young boy – being called 'white boy’ by the blackfellas, and 'black boy’ by the ... [read more]
Jenny can you sing? (1989)
Pugwall (Jason Torrens) is desperate to find a girl singer for the Orange Organics, but the pool to choose from is pretty small. There’s Daniella (Marcela Toro) from the milk bar, an assertive, feisty character who thinks she’s Tina Turner ... [read more]
‘Your body is your worst enemy’ (1976)
Brother Francine (Arthur Dignam) berates Tom Allen (Simon Burke) for showering without his swimming trunks. In the common room, the boys relax before their daily mass. [read more]
Searching for Manganinnie’s people (1980)
Manganinnie (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) searches for her tribe. Joanna (Anna Ralph) drops the fire stick in the ocean. [read more]
‘There’s no such thing as ghosts’ (1989)
Bronson (Rodney McLennan) knows there is something weird about the outside loo, but no one believes him. Finally he heads outside to the spooky toilet alone in the dark. [read more]
‘I don’t mean you’ (2001)
In 1984 the Uberoi family has to leave India to escape the anti-Sikh riots. The filmmaker’s sister Zoe describes her distress when a school friend criticises the Sikhs but says she means nothing against Zoe personally. [read more]
Janet’s sixth birthday (1941)
Children wearing party hats at the Dyer family home are seated around a table. Janet, the birthday girl, wears a blue dress and matching ribbon in her hair. A suitably coloured birthday cake topped with six candles is iced with ... [read more]
Two sisters (2002)
Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is preparing breakfast for her younger sister (Savannah Glynn-Braun). The younger sister complains about being sick and says she does not want to go to school. Marnie ignores her protests, and walks her to the bus stop, ... [read more]
Growing up in foster care (2005)
Jabe talks about her troubled early life over images of a model streetscape. She looms like a giant over the houses and walks through the streets, ankle deep in houses. [read more]
Jila (2002)
Wangkatjungka elder Spider sits with the children and shows them how Kurtal became a serpent. Spider then leads a convoy to the jila (living waterhole) where Kurtal slumbers, taking his family to meet their ancestor for the first time. [read more]
European settlement in Byron Bay (1996)
The first European settlers in Byron Bay cut the 1,000-year-old cedars. They then farmed, and fished out the whales before moving to a more environmentally friendly attitude. [read more]
Logan lets off steam (1983)
Lila (Robyn Nevin) and her husband George (Peter Whitford) rush to the train station. Logan (John Hargreaves) is leaving town, without signing the papers which would allow them to adopt his son, PS. Logan is drunk, along with Lila’s sister ... [read more]
Green gold (2004)
People at a market are seen buying and consuming the psychoactive drug, betelnut, also called green gold. It is chewed with lime and mustard. It is used by millions of people in the Western Pacific and East Africa. [read more]
Napperby (2000)
Interspersed with historical footage showing Napperby, Teddy Briscoe tells us about past musters and the many Indigenous men involved in them. Teddy tells us all the areas where mustering took place. [read more]
