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Mill township (1920)
This clip from an industrial documentary is an observational look at a township built in the 1920s for the timber workers. [read more]
Crocodile hunting (1956)
Outback adventurer Keith F Adams hunts and skins a crocodile. He cuts the croc open to reveal the leg of a cow that it has killed. A poisonous taipan slithers by. [read more]
Farey family picnic (1932)
The Farey family enjoy a picnic on a river bank in the 1930s. They drink tea and throw stones into the river. Leslie Francis Farey captures this simple family picture on 16mm film, providing a social record for others to ... [read more]
It could have been avoided (1988)
Professor Eric Saint first came to the Wittenoom blue asbestos mine with the Flying Doctor service. He was horrified at what he saw and tried over many years to raise the alarm. [read more]
Stormalong’s last race (1936)
After failing several times to kill the horse, Hops Warton (Lynton Moore), an Australian criminal working for an international syndicate, promises to shoot the horse during the Melbourne Cup. Tommy (Frank Leighton) rushes to thwart the plot, but Warton throws ... [read more]
A new life (1958)
New Adaminaby has been built further up the valley, well away from the flood waters that are slowly drowning the old town. The townsfolk speak with optimism about their future and seem to have accepted their fate with a rare ... [read more]
Lockie, ‘surf rat’ (2006)
Lockie (Sean Keenan) contemplates the ‘demented’ surf in his new home town and rides the waves. [read more]
Escape (1999)
In a dramatic diversion, Noah (Jeffrey Walker) blows up the Sentinel, Tao’s spying radar device that has been tracking the Nomads. In the chaos, he and Sundance (Daniel Daperis) escape. Sutch (Daniel Daperis) is unable to stop his brother. [read more]
Queen Street and Victoria Bridge (1899)
This actuality footage shot in 1899 shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background. [read more]
Wedding (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Lettergram service as a replacement for the congratulatory telegram, traditionally sent to a couple just married. [read more]
‘It’s not our bloody war’ (1981)
Lost in the desert, on their way to join up, Archy (Mark Lee) and Frank (Mel Gibson) discuss politics, patriotism and the reasons for war. [read more]
Heard Island (1984)
A look at remote Heard Island south-west of Perth, near Antarctica. It has stunning scenery, including glaciers. [read more]
Annual Christmas treat (1925)
Brief intertitles introduce a Punch and Judy puppet show which plays to a large crowd of children. Another intertitle announces the arrival of Father Christmas in his chariot. He gives out presents by a Christmas tree. The clip ends with ... [read more]
‘You think I’m cheap’ (1972)
Pete and Elly have been missing for two days, since the picnic. Clyde (John Wood) and Mara (Kate Fitzpatrick) talk about whether they have just run away. Clyde thinks that Mara’s desire to do the same is irresponsible. Mara decides ... [read more]
Sheep dog trial (1915)
A largely static wide shot of a typical Australian showground captures a sheepdog trainer and his sheepdog herding three sheep into a pen. [read more]
Bang, bang, bang! (1970)
In the outback, the father (John Meillon) reads his maps and geological tables as his daughter (Jenny Agutter) prepares a picnic. The small boy (Lucien John) plays with his toy soldiers and water pistol, shooting at a passing aeroplane. He ... [read more]
A Greek Easter (2004)
Sydney’s Greek community come together at Easter to celebrate a great religious festival. The story intercuts the religious elements and the food making elements to show that the tradition is still very strong and is being handed down from generation ... [read more]
A revolution in shop windows (1989)
Amanda Keller reports from Japan where a robot mannequin with the body type of a typical Japanese woman might yet replace the store dummy with long legs and long arms, the look that is much admired in Western Europe. [read more]
Changing, ongoing (2003)
Interspersed with shots of Areyonga community, Frank Djara tells how he communicated health issues through painting, and by talking about sickness to his people. [read more]
Castlecrag Estate (1927)
This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement from about 1927 for Castlecrag Estate, a new suburb overlooking Sydney’s Middle Harbour, shows panoramic shots of the surrounding scenery, a woman with a dog looking out to the harbour and newly ... [read more]
