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Battle camp (1983)

As the diggers walked the trails towards the Palmer River near Cooktown at Cape York, the local Aboriginal people were determined to preserve their country from the intruders. The diggers were just as determined to kill anyone who might get ... [read more]

‘And so it came to pass’ (1918)

Ralph Manton (Roland Conway) has taken shelter at Kooringa Station after the road to Melbourne has been blocked by flood. Ralph takes a shine to Joan Stockdale (Evelyn Black), only daughter of the owners of Kooringa, and she to him. ... [read more]

The Holy City (1944)

Daily life in the streets of Jerusalem unfolds as it has for centuries. Muslims, Jews, Christians – from pilgrims to Bedouin tribesman – mingle in the narrow alleyways and open-air markets. Jews from all over the world pray at the ... [read more]

Olympic Dam (2007)

Filmmaker David Bradbury goes to Olympic Dam (BHP Billiton mine site), near Roxby Downs in South Australia. When he tries to film, he is stopped by a security guard. He finds another way to film, shooting footage from a ... [read more]

‘I want everything fixed!’ (1985)

Colin (Chris Haywood) has returned home after hospital treatment. He goes to the State Library to research the effects of Agent Orange, after reading news reports of American research implicating it in cancer and birth defects. Back home, he tells ... [read more]

Violence and brutality (1980)

A radio broadcast quotes from Jean Genet’s essay ‘Violence and Brutality’ (1977) while a bomb is constructed. [read more]

Zen Buddhism (2004)

John Safran road tests Zen Buddhism at a Japanese monastery that belongs to the Rinzai school. This sequence shows his third attempt to ask a philosophical riddle, or koan, that the Roshi master has set him. [read more]

‘There’s something I want to ask you’ (2009)

Joe (Clive Owen) enters the bedroom of his eldest son Harry (George MacKay), who has recently arrived from the UK. Joe starts talking about his relationship with Harry’s mother (Joe’s first wife). They discuss the break-up, which Joe justifies as ... [read more]

Roly ‘visits’ Honolulu (1986)

Nurse Ophelia Cox (Gosia Dobrowolska) discovers Wally (Philip Quast) and Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) have created a fake Honolulu for their father, Roly (Allan Penney). Ophelia threatens to tell Roly but Wally convinces her to join the hoodwink. [read more]

Pointing the bone (1967)

A kadaitja man (magic man) points the Death Bone at Jubbal (Ed Devereaux). The wanted man (Kamahl) farewells his woman (Julie Williams) and surrenders to Peterson (Konrad Matthaei). [read more]

‘I’m your little girl, Amy’ (1970)

Bob Randall packs the car to take his wife Amy back to central Australia to see her mother. Amy talks about the first time she met her mother after being removed from her care as a child. [read more]

Yamaz Sibarud (1898)

A man, identified by British Library records as ‘Maino of Yam’, sings a traditional song entitled Yamaz Sibarud. He sings the song a capella. The recording fades out as the man continues to sing. [read more]

‘A miracle’ (1997)

Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) delivers the glass church to Reverend Hasset (Ciaran Hinds). This clip also features narration by Geoffrey Rush. [read more]

Malangi’s world (1991)

This clip tells a creation story relevant to artist David Malangi and visits sites in the landscape relating to the story. [read more]

School news with Kylie Mole (1988)

Kylie Mole (Mary-Anne Fahey) talks about her essay on the Church of England. [read more]

Li meets Liz (2009)

In the US, Li (Chi Cao) spots a student ballerina (Amanda Schull) practising and goes to help her. They talk and laugh as he holds her in the air. [read more]

One way trip (2009)

With the din of humming bees ever-present, Australia’s largest live honeybee exporter, Warren Taylor, gives a tour of his apiary. Bees are being smoked out of their hives, collected and crated to be shipped off to the United States in ... [read more]

‘You’re not from this country’ (2011)

TJ (Dean Daley-Jones) travels north until he arrives in a small town and meets a warm and welcoming old man, Uncle Black (Douglas Macale). He is invited to a party, where adults and children are listening and dancing to the ... [read more]

Leonie meets Joe (1991)

While celebrating with friends at a bar, Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) meets Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). When Joe starts a fight, Leonie intervenes and leaves the bar with Joe. [read more]

Fathers and sons (1997)

Bill McCoy (Tony Martin) accompanies Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano), to see his dad Tony (John Brumpton) in prison because he needs an adult present. Joe is upset when his father doesn’t return his affection. After the visit, McCoy gives Joe ... [read more]

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