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‘This will be our grave’ (2007)
The three Australian Army reservists have to winch their vehicle out of a waterhole, after Private Plank (Don Hany) forgot to apply the handbrake. Out in the desert, Youssif (Rodney Afif) loses his temper when he discovers that they are ... [read more]
Tracy is dead (1996)
Diane (Linda Cropper) wakes Jared (Laurence Breuls) to tell him a girl has been found dead on the beach. The media flood into town and the two key police officers on the case (Chris Haywood, Essie Davis) start to amass ... [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]
Connecting Sydney and Newcastle (1968)
A map outlines the different road and ferry connections that have linked Sydney and the industrial centre of Newcastle, to the city’s north. These include the 1820 Old Putty Road, the 1844 St Albans Route and the Wisemans Ferry-Spencer deviation. ... [read more]
‘Our defining experience’ (2000)
Introductory images of beaches are complemented by music and a voice-over (by David Wenham) contemplating why the beach is so important to Australians. [read more]
Debbie and Tommy (2007)
Lawyer Drew Ellis (Aaron Pedersen) arrives for a morning of cases on circuit in the Kimberley. Sam (Kelton Pell) introduces him to one of the day’s clients, Debbie (Jedda Rae Hill), a young mother facing drug-related charges. In court, Drew ... [read more]
Creation story (1991)
An aerial view of Arnhem Land where artist David Malangi lives. Narrator Ernie Dingo introduces the cosmology encapsulated within Aboriginal creation stories before introducing us to Malangi and his family. [read more]
‘Best time to skate’ (2005)
Poker (Richard Wilson) and Blue (Ho Thi Lu) wake Spasm (Sean Kennedy) after they have liberated his skateboard from the ‘confiscated’ cupboard at school. They take off on a two-day skate trip across the city, heading for Beachbowl, the major ... [read more]
Rolf Harris at the Sydney Opera House (1973)
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris sings a self-penned tribute to the SOH while he does a painting of it. We see him in make up, preparing for the first performance in the concert hall. [read more]
‘What sort of mother do they think I am?’ (1988)
Connie (Lynette Curran) learns from a television report that her son Peter (Clayton Williamson) has chained himself to the Gamma Cenotaph in the town centre. He’s on a hunger strike in protest against the Roman boat leaving Gamma for a ... [read more]
View from ferry (1932)
A ferry ride in 1932 is captured by Leslie Francis Farey’s 16mm home movie camera. The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen from the bow of a ferry leaving Circular Quay and from directly underneath. [read more]
‘Housebreaking’ (1948)
With his sister Molly outside keeping watch, John breaks into a house through an unlocked window. The boy emerges and the pair walks briskly away, but they are seen by a boy watching from the apartment block above. Once safely ... [read more]
Why do two-footers eat more? (1992)
Rocky the frill necked Lizard observes and records the activities of the humans, or ‘two footers’, commentating throughout each Lift off episode. Occasionally the viewer will glimpse him with his camera, and at the end he reports back on what ... [read more]
I’m looking for someone like you (1998)
The five kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover the encrypted message in the web and intrigued, they each try to break it. One by one they ... [read more]
A rude introduction (2003)
Mr Tachibana (Gotaro Tsunashima) waits outside the Port Hedland airport. Sandy Edwards (Toni Collette) arrives late, and with no idea of the proper way to greet a visitor from Japan. Mr Tachibana also has no idea of Australian manners – ... [read more]
The building of a dream (1954)
Once the site for the oil refinery has been identified, the work begins. The land is surveyed, grass is burned off and the land is cleared. Meanwhile, ‘the dream comes true in miniature’ as a model layout of the refinery ... [read more]
‘So many ways to die in Australia’ (1996)
The Chan family arrives in their new home in Australia – a new house on a new street in a new suburb. Mr Chan (Edwin Pang) marvels at the size of the kitchen. The younger boys Chau and Yue (Toby ... [read more]
‘Where cat from?’ (1993)
Bubby (Nicholas Hope) dresses up like his mother and ‘plays’ with the cat, which he has tied to the chair. He calls the cat ‘Bubby’ and speaks to it with the same phrases his mother (Claire Benito) uses on him. ... [read more]
Battle camp (1983)
As the diggers walked the trails towards the Palmer River near Cooktown at Cape York, the local Aboriginal people were determined to preserve their country from the intruders. The diggers were just as determined to kill anyone who might get ... [read more]
The beef cattle industry (1934)
This clip features scenes on a cattle station including the herding of cattle, bull riding, cattle passing through a trough, mustering, stockmen setting up camp and cattle inoculation. [read more]
