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Anzac recruits (1915)

Two Anzac recruits pose for the camera, holding out their sleeves with armbands which read ‘Anzac recruits’. Another recruit puts money in the donation box. A wooden display pays tribute to the ‘1915 heroes of Gallipoli’. The clip ends with ... [read more]

Ice skating on Lake Catani (1930)

On a frozen Lake Catani, the camera follows a lone female skater gracefully tracing curved lines around the ice. People are then shown venturing onto the ice, while others stand in the snow and watch from the ice’s edge. [read more]

Mawson’s heritage (1998)

Restoration begins on explorer Douglas Mawson’s hut first built in 1911 in Antarctica. Solid ice has filled the hut and archaeologists and heritage architects must first clear the pack ice without damaging the structure or disturbing the artefacts. [read more]

Nine months later (1984)

Nine months after the Kemira Colliery strike, Ngaire Wiltshire, wife of one of the sacked miners, explains how she believes the sacking of her husband was the main cause of their recent separation. [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]

‘Because you’re black’ (1985)

Having won access to his son through the Family Court, Stuart (David Kennedy) must find a new place to live. He and his son Tommy (Jamie Agius) experience first hand the difficulties for a black man seeking to rent a ... [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]

‘Get stuck into him’ (1971)

Albert Crone (Edward Hepple) and Willie Aspinall (Robert McDarra), scared for their safety, have recruited George Flack (Gerard Maguire) to confront John Kelso (John Fegan). As Flack beats up Kelso, Albert, Willie and their neighbours Mrs Roche (Joan Letch), Mrs ... [read more]

Electro magnetic sensitivity (1997)

In rare cases people suffering from extreme multiple chemical sensitivity can also suffer from electro magnetic sensitivity. They react badly around household electrical items and any external electric devices. Eve explains how she is a captive in her house. [read more]

Coming together (1994)

Thelma Martin, who has lived on the cattle property in the Northern Territory since 1958, hopes that the past can be put aside to build a better future for both black and white. [read more]

Country talent starts at 10 years old (1995)

Ten-year-old Chantelle Delaney has come from Toowoomba in Queensland to compete at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. [read more]

Travelling north (1999)

William Yang travels north to Queensland where he grew up. [read more]

‘Evil side of human nature’ (1991)

Polish journalist Beata Ligman visits Auschwitz concentration camp site for the first time in 1991. She remembers the German treatment of her people during the Second World War. [read more]

Port Augusta (1917)

A point-of-view shot from the front of a train as it travels along a section of new track and makes its way into Port Augusta. It passes through a depot and Tassie Street station, a new station being erected at ... [read more]

Sharing culture and country (2002)

A clip from Mike Willesee’s The Hunting Party (1990) shows David and others in a swamp hunting for goanna. The group convince Willesee to enter the water on the premise of there being no crocodiles. Gulpilil in voice-over tells us ... [read more]

You need another drink (1984)

A group of friends gather in a Melbourne park. [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]

Little girl lost (2005)

It is dark on the mining plain, and Sam (Ngaire Pigram) drives her car towards home. Sam fiddles with something near the passenger seat, her eyes momentarily averted from the road. When Sam again looks up, the apparition of a ... [read more]

Distorted beliefs (1996)

Images of skulls and physiognomies of Indigenous peoples are treated as scientific specimens and data. [read more]

Changing, ongoing (2003)

Interspersed with shots of Areyonga community, Frank Djara tells how he communicated health issues through painting, and by talking about sickness to his people. [read more]

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