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‘Things to sort out’ (2006)
At the isolated farmhouse he has inherited, John (Mark Constable) hears voices from his past. He asks wife Emily (Victoria Hill) and son Edward (William Traegar) to stay at a motel while he sorts things out. [read more]
Clever daughters, wayward son (1999)
Victor (Linal Haft) has lunch with his three daughters as his only son Bo (Russell Dykstra) arrives home from prison. Bo’s father will not allow him into the house so he dumps his gear in the shed. While Victor commiserates ... [read more]
Opening of Queensland Parliament (1899)
This short film is actuality footage of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899. The carriage is escorted by members of Queensland’s Permanent Artillery on horseback. A guard of honour ... [read more]
‘Hung up on parentage’ (1971)
Anna (Jacki Weaver) announces to her four housemates that she is pregnant, and will not have an abortion. When her acknowledged boyfriends Tony (Sean McEuan) and Clyde (Helmut Bakaitis) discover that both Stork (Bruce Spence) and Westy (Graeme Blundell) could ... [read more]
‘You reckon we’re doing any good by being here?’ (1979)
Harry (Graham Kennedy) sets Bung (John Hargreaves) straight about the War: the 'commos’ will win and no-one at home in Australia will thank them for going. He tells Dawson (Graeme Blundell) that the rich don’t fight wars, but that poor ... [read more]
Magnetic Island (1926)
An intertitle describing Magnetic Island – only six miles from Townsville – introduces sepia-tinted images of passengers on board the daily service from Townsville. Another title card explaining Magnetic Island’s beaches and picturesque thatched roofed bungalows precedes a green-tinted and ... [read more]
Irrigation construction and equipment (1925)
This clip shows an orange-peel scoop; ‘flying fox’ machinery; Lake Victoria; a channel bridge and inlet regulator; and the construction of channels and levees. [read more]
Pets (2005)
The theme song for this episode, ‘What do you get when you bring home a pet?’, accompanies a documentary film clip showing people and their pets. This sequence then cuts to Dumpster’s segment where he interviews young Australian children about ... [read more]
Letting go (2007)
Beautiful orchestral music on the soundtrack accompanies images of Uluru at dusk, the Olgas, the beach, the outback, clouds, the sun descending, birds gathering and a windmill. In voice-over, a woman speaks about letting go of the day and the ... [read more]
Dependency (1986)
Over photographs of happier times, both during her relationship with Steve, and from the time before, Liz quotes her mother and some feminist writers and deliberates on her struggle with dependency on a lover, and on the general nature of ... [read more]
Re-use and redistribution for relief (1939)
A volunteer worker lays out blankets and quilts fashioned from donated materials, and then displays them to the camera. In another room, blankets and rugs are stacked in preparation for redistribution to those identified as needing the service. Women (some ... [read more]
‘Come on, Franky!’ (2005)
Franky (Hunter Page) and Maddie (Alexa Miller) are walking along the railroad track. Eddy (Blake Herczeg) pulls up in a taxi and urges Franky to get into the cab because they are late. They arrive at the Dreamtime Culture Centre. ... [read more]
Jedda dreaming again (1955)
Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth), sitting by an open window, gazes out dreamily. Her adoptive mother (Betty Suttor), eventually comes to stand by her side. Jedda tells her of her desire to go walkabout, to be with the tribe. She is chastised ... [read more]
Temptation (1984)
The cabaret manager entices the girl pianist into his club where he shows her a grand piano. [read more]
Cotton harvesting and picking (1940)
A bright red mechanical cotton harvester moves through a cotton field as a group of people walk beside it. This is followed by a group of people harvesting cotton by hand who fill hessian bags slung over their shoulders. [read more]
‘Nothin’ will break up our team’ (1978)
Black Beauty’s good fortune as ‘Jack’ quickly vanishes when his kind master Jerry Barker catches cold and dies after waiting out in the snow for rich clients. His widow sells Black Beauty to Mr Skinner the baker who then mistreats ... [read more]
Wet markets, Penang (1970)
Typical scenes at an open wet market in Penang, Malaysia, include men carrying and weighing baskets of fish; hawker stalls and vegetable sellers; and the pedestrians, cars, bicycles and trishaws which fill the streets. The clip ends with a man ... [read more]
‘Don’t cut ’em to pieces’ (1975)
Foley (Jack Thompson) discovers he has competition from an unknown, Arthur Black (Peter Cummins). Shearing contractor Tim King (Max Cullen) gives Jim the learner (Graham Smith) a second chance. [read more]
Raising boys (2007)
Janet Merewether ponders whether her new son will miss having a dad. She’ll have to be both father and mother. She’s heard Dr Peggy Drexler, who has written a book called Raising Boys Without Men (2008), on the radio speaking ... [read more]
