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A baby cries (1989)

A mother sits holding her daughter, cradling her on her lap. A soft light falls over them. Beyond the light is darkness. Then the woman, now older, lies on her back, her daughter in a foetal position curled by her ... [read more]

Tim Tams and tragedy (1994)

Muriel (Toni Collette) has run away to Sydney, where she shares a flat with Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths), her new best friend. A shy young man called Bruce (Matt Day) asks Muriel on a date, which turns farcical when they get ... [read more]

‘Your troubles are my troubles’ (1937)

Dad (George Edwards) and Dave (John Saul) discuss Dave’s hope to marry Mabel, as Dad examines the farm’s finances. Money is too tight for Dad to offer his son a house, which would allow Dave to ask Mabel to marry ... [read more]

World’s oldest living culture (1988)

An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988. An Aboriginal speaker describes the invasion of Australia and the resulting problems of dispossession and poverty. She also says it is a day to celebrate the survival of ... [read more]

Jinaali gets a dressing-down (2007)

In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more! [read more]

Marfan syndrome (2005)

This clip opens with a child’s drawing and a photo of Jabe as a young girl. In a black-and-white sequence, a doctor measures Jabe before we see her shopping at a Chinese market. On a model streetscape, a camera tracks ... [read more]

Grog runners (2007)

While on Night Patrol, Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and another old Aunty (Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa) stop some grog runners from entering the community and decide to teach them a lesson. [read more]

‘I don’t know who I belong to’ (1988)

Kate (Justine Clarke) is upset when her friends find out she is adopted and is highly sensitive to how they respond. At a party, she thinks everyone is talking about her and, isolating herself, she drinks alcohol. When she is ... [read more]

Come, follow Me (1992)

Nuns from the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy order discuss why they became nuns and some of them reveal why they left the order. Vocations are a call to serve God. [read more]

‘Single people’ (1995)

Children of divorced parents express their distress at the outcome. Sister Aileen Shanahan of the Aquinas College says that children often suppress their feelings with bad psychological results. [read more]

‘Keep our children’s natural inheritance’ (1995)

A community of ferals in northern NSW dance and sing at a gathering. They talk about their philosophy of child rearing, and the advantages they see in the way they have chosen to live. [read more]

Make your avatar – meet Indy (2004)

As her cranky self, Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) had no success trying to talk to online to Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent), who is using her music without her permission. This time she creates an avatar to get his attention. 'Indy’ is ... [read more]

True Love (1998)

Mae (Trisha Morton-Thomas) is wearing mother’s wedding dress. Nona (Deborah Mailman) wants to bottle the ashes so they can take them to the island to scatter. Mae and Nona enter into a tug of war over the ashes, and the ... [read more]

Tomorrow payback (1996)

It is lockdown in the jail cells. The light falls across inmate Paddy (George Djilaynga) sitting on his bed and singing begins. Paddy looks out through the jail windows searching for the source. A spirit man (Charlie Matjiwi) walks down ... [read more]

10,000 miles around Australia (1926)

Mr and Mrs F Dean arrive in Melbourne after their trip around Australia by touring car, sponsored by Shell. Buffalo horns are shown on the front of the car and their collection of Indigenous artefacts is shown. It ends with ... [read more]

Ray leaves (1985)

Fran’s husband Ray (Danny Adcock) has returned unexpectedly from his job ‘up north’ and viciously beats and abuses her because he has heard she has been unfaithful. The next day Fran stays in bed feeling shattered and depressed and is ... [read more]

Ancient and biblical (2004)

Pomegranates are grown and packed on a farm at Robinvale in Victoria, then used to create a truly amazing Middle Eastern meat dish by chef Ezzard, at his stylish restaurant at the Hotel Adelphi in Melbourne. [read more]

Pandemic panic (2005)

A ‘what if’ scenario is outlined day by day in the event that the H5N1 strain of flu virus, 'bird flu’, became airborne worldwide. [read more]

Big M girls (1990)

Rosem’ry Bertel, creative director of George Patterson Advertising, explains the marketing campaign for flavoured milk that saved the Victorian dairy industry. [read more]

Stanwell Park and surrounds (1960)

A title card with a background of campervans announces this section as ‘Stanwell Park’. From a high vantage point, the camera pans across Stanwell Park’s distinctive small beach below and the curve of the foreshore with a speckling of houses. ... [read more]

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