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Sonnets (2001)

This clip introduces Dolly Walker Wraight, one of the Marlovians who believe that Christopher Marlowe wrote the works commonly attributed to William Shakespeare. There is a group singing about Marlowe at a Marlowe Society meeting. Walker Wraight has written a ... [read more]

Children at play (1964)

Annemaria plays with her dolls. Her two brothers, Andrew and the younger Harold entertain themselves with model boats and cars. The boys unwrap and then play a game of Monopoly while Annemaria eagerly watches on. [read more]

‘All good fun’ (1986)

The 'Great Desert Boat Race’ is followed by the 'Annual Bar-room Brawl’ witnessed by Police Sergeant Carruthers (Terry Gill) and the Two Old Codgers (Frank Otterson and Herb Krause). Dr Tom Callaghan (Andrew MacFarlane), Dr Chris Randall (Liz Burch) and ... [read more]

‘Life’s a bugger’ (1976)

Caddie (Helen Morse) calls off her relationship with bookmaker Ted (Jack Thompson), after she is warned off by Ted’s steady girlfriend. At the boarding house where she lives, the landlord and his wife (Pat Evison) tell her she’ll have to ... [read more]

A lively correspondence (1988)

In a typically wide-ranging response from viewers, the ABC’s religious programs on both television and radio receive appreciation from some and blame and criticism from others. For some ABC viewers, these programs are a welcome alternative to commercial broadcasts, ... [read more]

Work (1948)

Molly punches a bundy card, 'clocking on’ at her work where she is a junior in a factory, sewing fabric on a sewing machine. After work, Molly is noticed in the street by an older man. She stops to chat ... [read more]

Tin mining (1930)

This clip shows work inside a tin mining plant, including dredging buckets lifting ore from the bed of the river and local workers operating machinery to separate ore from water. [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]

Mementos (2000)

The narrator (Clare Larman) recalls the time her father befriended a dog that was blind in one eye. She also talks about mementos of her father that she has retained. [read more]

‘No pecking order in poo’ (2006)

In the midst of a large outdoor festival, Kenny (Shane Jacobson) has to deal with a casual employee – a university student – who thinks the work is beneath him. When the uni student (Ant Keogh) tells him that a ... [read more]

Jelly sandwiches in H division (2000)

Beasley (Fred Barker) warns Mark 'Chopper’ Read (Eric Bana) that the Painters and Dockers, a faction within the prison, have put out a contract on his life. Read is amused, because he can’t believe anyone in H Division is man ... [read more]

House meeting (2001)

Dirk (Francis McMahon) calls a house meeting. Nina (Sophie Lee) lays down the rules to new tenant Sam (Emily Hamilton). [read more]

‘All girls like cars that go fast’ (1994)

Dazey (Ben Mendelsohn) helps Joe (Aden Young) find the courage to ask Savina (Tara Morice) on a date. [read more]

‘I can still hear her screaming’ (2000)

The narrator (Clare Larman) remembers her father’s death and her mother’s resulting mental breakdown. [read more]

‘Country Gardens’ (1919)

This is a pianola version of Percy Grainger’s ‘Country Gardens’ performed by the composer in New York in 1919. [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]

Zen Buddhism (2004)

John Safran road tests Zen Buddhism at a Japanese monastery that belongs to the Rinzai school. This sequence shows his third attempt to ask a philosophical riddle, or koan, that the Roshi master has set him. [read more]

‘This is all we’ve got’ (1986)

The drive-in detainees become angry when Asians arrive. Jimmy (Ned Manning) argues with Carmen (Natalie McCurry) about her reaction to the newcomers. He asks her to escape with him. [read more]

Demand for rental subsidies (1939)

Men and women sign a petition for a 'Fair Rents Court’. This is followed by a sequence of news headlines about the petition. A letter drop is sent to rent payers urging them to demand a rent subsidy. More news ... [read more]

Graeme Murphy (1988)

Choreographer Graeme Murphy directs dancers in rehearsal for a cricket ballet. We then see the Sydney Dance Company performing the ballet, and end with Murphy talking about what he looks for in Australian dancers as we see a rehearsal of ... [read more]

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