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Removal and the kinship system (2006)

This clip shows historic footage of the removal of the people from the Charles Creek mission station and Aboriginal people working in the pastoral industry. Agnes talks about the removal of the entire mission station to Santa Teresa; her experience ... [read more]

Getting ready (1999)

Ru, applying facial paint, speaks about the particular head decorations for the Amb Kor and explains the significance of the colours in terms of their tradition. Professor Andrew Strathern is being painted up, while men are working on Ru’s headdress. ... [read more]

East to West (1999)

A young girl peers out of a car window as her father drives her home. Voice-over narration in this clip is by Anita Beckman. [read more]

Wrangles and rows (1964)

A very serious speech about the dangers of war and the responsibilities of the Australian people. Menzies delivered it after returning home from Great Britain as the justification for going overseas and to thank his colleagues who looked after the ... [read more]

‘I’m right into passion’ (1989)

Ted Egan visits opal town Mintabie and Yvonne, an old friend who lives there. [read more]

‘We have survived’ (1981)

In this clip we hear the landmark Aboriginal protest song 'We Have Survived’, as performed by No Fixed Address on the soundtrack of Wrong Side of the Road (1981). [read more]

Pulling down houses (1974)

In the streets of inner-city Sydney, residents gather to protest against the demolition of their houses and the dissipation of their local community. As a local strums on his guitar and sings a protest ballad, we then see a montage ... [read more]

Waiting for a miracle (2004)

Former Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, and former Liberal Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Ian MacPhee, talk to camera about the impact of mandatory detention on a child’s future and what a country’s immigration policy says about the ... [read more]

The singing bullet (1955)

This clip is from the start of Smoky Dawson and the Singing Bullet. In this episode, Young Billy (Ray Hartley) is kidnapped by Crogan and Gilmore, Smoky’s old enemies. They take him to an isolated hut to lure Smoky (Smoky ... [read more]

‘I’m gonna take her to Surfer’s Paradise’ (1998)

Della (Gillian Jones) exercises to music in her living room while her boyfriend Dale (Aaron Blabey) discusses a robbery with his friend Nigel (Stephen Curry) in her kitchen. When Dale and Nigel establish that they need money upfront for the ... [read more]

Jesus’s belly button (2005)

The artists talk about the response to the paintings on the Santa Teresa church wall. We see an Aboriginal interpretation of biblical characters such as Jesus and Moses. [read more]

Learning from international experience (1999)

In the seventh session, the Reconciliation Learning Circle group discusses land rights. In separate interviews, members express their views on the issues raised in the group as well as their opinions of other group members. [read more]

Isolation and attitudes (1989)

Miyuki Linsdell recounts travelling to Geelong from Melbourne in the late 1950s shortly after her arrival in Australia just to hear Japanese sailors speaking her native language. She is framed in close-up and speaks to the camera in Japanese. A ... [read more]

Teaser and title sequence (1965)

In this teaser, leading in to Homicide’s opening title sequence, convict Edgar Thompson (Roy Alexander) is on the run after escaping from the prison farm at Beechworth. He heads for a shack in the countryside, not realising that a man ... [read more]

‘Pommy’ and ‘Aussie’ (1964)

Carol Raye and June Salter sing a song about being Australian versus being English. [read more]

‘Stop filming’ (1987)

Filmmaker David Bradbury is filming Salvadoran protest song being sung by young people at a train station. A policeman tells him to stop as he does not have permission to film. The crew continues to film the event. [read more]

‘We Are Going’ (1986)

In this clip, Oodgeroo Noonuccal reads her poem ‘We Are Going’ in full to an appreciative audience at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney in 1986. [read more]

Sticking together (1985)

Warrigal (Tommy Lewis) is confronted with the reality of losing his 'brother’ Captain Starlight (Sam Neill) as the gang makes plans to escape to America. Meanwhile, the troopers are perfecting a killing machine to ambush the outlaws while Jim’s wife ... [read more]

Number seven boomerang (2004)

Four senior tribesmen introduce themselves and talk about going to look for a tree suitable for a number seven boomerang. Two of the Elders begin to chop down a tree they have chosen for making a number seven boomerang. They ... [read more]

‘One wrong decision’ (1999)

Desperate for a swim, Jimmy (Heath Ledger) buries an envelope containing $10,000 in the sand at Bondi beach. While he’s in the water, street kids Helen (Mariel McClorey) and Pete (Evan Sheaves) steal the money. The ghost of Jimmy’s brother ... [read more]

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