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‘Free stress for your work day’ (2000)

Trang (Deborah Le) gets ready for school but her mother Trieu (Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hien) asks her to stay home and help Uncle Le (Hieu Phan) in their garage garment factory. Trang’s year 12 brother Vu (Jazz Ly) offers to ... [read more]

Christine Jacobs’s story (2004)

Christine Jacobs, an Aboriginal woman from Western Australia, describes her childhood experience and the impact this has had on her adult life. [read more]

Culture clash (1970)

Jack (Tony Ward) is bored when Gillian (Judy Leech) takes him to an art gallery. Gillian is repelled by the violence when Jack takes her to the wrestling. [read more]

‘Welcome to Manila’ (2002)

Linda Phillips, a volunteer law student from Australia, is met by Hoi Trinh, an Australian-Vietnamese lawyer at Manila Airport. Hoi has volunteered to help the Vietnamese boat people who are living in the Philippines as stateless persons. Linda has joined ... [read more]

Welcome to Kookaburra Springs (1972)

Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) is welcomed to Kookaburra Springs by pilot Bill (Bobby Limb), publican Mick Cassidy (John Meillon) and Mick’s wife, Sal (Dawn Lake). The Cassidys’ young son, Stevie (Dennis Jordan), is planning to play pranks on the new ... [read more]

An unexpected visitor (1966)

While picnickers are enjoying their afternoon outing, a curious baby kangaroo fossicks around the picnic area. Families enjoy an afternoon meal, while children play ballgames in the nature reserve. [read more]

Charlie does a runner (2007)

Charlie (Luke Ford) has noticed that the front door is unlocked. He seizes his chance to go for a run, pursued by his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield). Both are wearing only underpants. Charlie runs into a stranger’s house to use ... [read more]

Don Bradman’s captaincy (1982)

Former international cricketer Bill O’Reilly recalls Don Bradman’s captaincy during the 1937 and 1938 test cricket series. [read more]

Stringybark Creek (2003)

Ned (Heath Ledger), Dan Kelly (Laurence Kinlan), Steve Hart (Philip Barantini) and Joe Byrne (Orlando Bloom) lie in wait at the police bush camp near Stringybark Creek. Ned has already shot Constable Lonigan (Peter Phelps) after the policeman refused to ... [read more]

‘Swim! Swim!’ (2009)

Kev (Hugo Weaving) strips off by a billabong. He gets in the water and pulls the reluctant, fully clothed Chook (Tom Russell) in for an impromptu swimming lesson on an old and ruthless principle: learn how to swim, or else ... [read more]

‘Who are you?’ (1978)

Tony (Richard Moir), Sam (Judy Morris) and the dog Billy have left Sydney, heading for Queensland. Their intimacy is growing, but Tony is still unable to touch her, or let down his guard. On a jetty, largely drunk or stoned, ... [read more]

Packed lunch (1985)

Bob (Gerry Sont) collects his father’s deliveries from ‘boss’ Fred Morgan (Peter Whitford) and the workers all enjoy a laugh at Fred’s expense. [read more]

Guess what I found! (2005)

B Max arrives home with a surprise. It’s a rabbit, but the friends soon realise that they don’t know how to look after it. They go to a song while they think about it. [read more]

Allergic to everything (1998)

Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) get acquainted after she has phoned him and asked him to come to her place. He arrives with beer and they get drunk. Next day he sees how bad her eczema is and ... [read more]

Sydney Harbour and Bridge scenes (1932)

This home movie clip, shot by the Archibald family, is taken from on board a boat in Sydney Harbour. It shows various steamships and boats on Sydney Harbour as well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, soon after it was completed ... [read more]

Matchmaking (1972)

At choir practice in the Mayfair Hotel, publican Mick Cassidy (John Meillon) introduces Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) to local farmer Shirley Marshall (Maggie Fitzgibbon). Her brother, Pete (Peter Whittle), is not impressed. [read more]

Poultry fanciers (2008)

Mark travels to the Devonport Poultry Show where he meets up with other ‘poultry fanciers’. [read more]

‘Things could get quite interesting’ (2002)

The Out There opening titles, accompanied by title track 'Doing What I Do’, introduces the main characters. The offbeat Miller (Richard Wilson), who by his own admission is ‘not what you call popular’, gives a direct-to-camera personal take on newcomers ... [read more]

‘I come from a land down under’ (1981)

Men at Work sing about travelling the world and what it means to come 'from a land down under’. [read more]

Breakfast in bed (1999)

The Bananas in Pyjamas, B1 (Ken Radley) and B2 (Nicholas Opolski), wake up Rat in a Hat (Shane McNamara) to buy some more porridge. Rat, always eager to make a sale, convinces them to make the Teddies Morgan (Jeremy Scrivener), ... [read more]

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