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Travelling dogs (2006)

As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs in all different ... [read more]

Sydney Ferries advertisement (1930)

This complete silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Sydney Ferries from about 1930 opens with children swimming at Nielsen Park. A panoramic shot shows a swinging entertainment ride and a funfair. The advertisement ends with a family picnicking at Clifton Gardens. [read more]

Chimney (1926)

Large steel plates are rolled through a machine to make a chimney that will stand at 150 feet high and be over eight feet in diameter. A cylinder shape begins to form. A hydraulic machine rivets pipes into the ... [read more]

‘What’s Vietnam got to do with me?’ (1969)

In the local park, at night, Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) tells his sweetheart Margie Harris (Rowena Wallace) that going to Vietnam is a waste of his time and money. They kiss, but she won’t let him go further until they’re ... [read more]

Castle prison (1993)

Pam maintains a relationship with a recidivist, Derek, who is serving a life imprisonment term for murder. [read more]

‘She’d probably come across for any guy’ (1977)

Kevin (Paul Couzens) and Anne (Eva Dickinson) have broken up, partly because he let his mate Bob (Carl Steven) see them as they were starting to have sex in her bedroom. Drunk and upset, Kevin tries to talk to Bob, ... [read more]

It Isn’t Done (1988)

Filmmaker Ken G Hall talks about directing Cecil Kellaway in It Isn’t Done (1937). [read more]

Piety (1998)

Grace (Justine Saunders) returns home to not much welcome. Her niece Loretta (Roxanne McDonald) leads Grace to her recently departed sister’s room. [read more]

Dancing flowers (1955)

A group of flowering plants – violet, white, orange, and purple – slowly blossom against a background of greenery. This is captured using time lapse photography methods. [read more]

‘People die out in this country’ (2003)

Bogged and stranded a long way from help, Sandy (Toni Collette) asks Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) if she can borrow his phone, because she has no signal. He is reluctant to let anyone know they are lost. She explains how bad ... [read more]

‘All these memories of you’ (2001)

Eddie Maloney (Ben Mendelsohn) hitches a ride back home to Coollawarra, his home town, as his brother Pete (Andrew S Gilbert) negotiates his way out of some free fish. At home, Pete’s wife Tully (Susie Porter) reiterates her opposition to ... [read more]

Emu pie (2005)

Chef Mark Olive prepares emu pie. [read more]

Peterson arrives (1967)

Constable Peterson (Konrad Matthaei) is met by Sergeant Miller (Ronald Morse) and tracker Jubbal (Ed Devereaux) upon his arrival at Coopers Creek. Peterson tells Miller and his wife (Marie Clark) he’s on special assignment. [read more]

‘We didn’t take their warning’ (1967)

Jubbal (Ed Devereaux) tells Peterson (Konrad Matthaei) he will not return to Cooper’s Creek. Peterson calls him a coward. [read more]

History (2008)

A boy (Joel Edgerton) speculates on his father’s stories, silences and past as a Lithuanian refugee. [read more]

‘Is he kind to you?’ (1965)

Chris (Chris Tsalikis) offers Nick (George Dixon) money to leave. Margot (Janina Lebedew) tells her father (Robert Clarke) she loves Nick. [read more]

Sexuality (1980)

An older woman approaches her older male partner and caresses and kisses him. [read more]

Like one big family (1983)

Two people removed from their families as children to enter into servitude, Margaret Tucker and Bill Reid, speak of their experience growing up. Historical footage shows children placed in missions. [read more]

Candy (1978)

When a passerby (Colin McEwan) enters a jeans store, he gets more than he bargained for with shop assistant Berys (Laurel McGowan) who prefers him to use her ‘boutique name’, Candy. [read more]

Without me you wouldn’t have jobs (2011)

Greg (Vince Colosimo) responds angrily after Hakim (Robert Rabiah) accuses him of underpaying his workers. He points out forcefully that if it wasn’t for him they wouldn’t have jobs. [read more]

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