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Willigan’s Fitzroy (2000)
A documentary about Fitzroy Crossing presented through the eyes of local characters. Willigan’s Fitzroy is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe means 'ours’ in the Pitjantjatjara and Arrernte ... [read more]
Kemira: Diary of a Strike (1984)
The documentary follows what happened when Kemira Colliery, in Wollongong, NSW, retrenched two hundred miners in 1983. Thirty of the men stayed down the mine for two weeks in an attempt to get their jobs back. The film includes ... [read more]
Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)
In this Eric Porter animation of ‘the grasshopper and the ant’ fable, Willie Wombat lazes and plays all summer. He laughs at his animal mates devoting time to collecting and depositing food in their local bank. Winter arrives and Willie, ... [read more]
Playing Beatie Bow (1985)
When troubled teenager Abigail Kirk (Imogen Annesley) encounters a mysterious young girl while playing in a park in modern day Sydney (circa 1985), they both find themselves transported back to the 1870s. The girl, Beatie Bow (Mouche Phillips), takes Abigail ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Peter & Pompey (1988)
In a cave, near a small coastal town in Queensland, Peter (Clayton Williamson) finds the manuscript of Pompey (Aaron Ferguson), a young Roman boy from the past. Peter asks Margaret (Kate McDonald) to translate Pompey’s story from Latin, and it ... [read more]
Living Country (2005)
A documentary about the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory’s fight to prevent the federal government from dumping nuclear waste in their country. Living Country is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association ... [read more]
Play School – Bags Wednesday (1984)
Noni (Hazlehurst) and John (Hamblin) compete in a sack race then invite the children at home to sing and jump with them. Noni feeds a tiger, elephant and seal version of John in a ‘pretend’ zoo. John reads a book ... [read more]
Hewers of Coal (1957)
This documentary about Australian coal miners presents a dramatised history of mining since the early 1900s. It features scenes of the mechanisation and modernisation of the industry in the 1950s as well as the friction between miners and mine owners ... [read more]
People Who Still Use Milk Bottles (1990)
The documentary traces the history of the dairy industry in Victoria in the 20th century. Besides interviewing dairy workers and those who promoted milk products, the film also features playwright Barry Dickins – who looks back nostalgically on the past ... [read more]
Eyes Right (c1950)
This short film produced by Castlereagh Film discusses how to protect and care for the eyes. Addressed to children and their parents, it explains how the eye sees by comparing it to a camera, and advises on how to avoid ... [read more]
Dr Plonk (2007)
In 1907 the eccentric scientist and inventor Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) discovers the world will end in 2008. Plonk presents his findings to Prime Minister Stalk (Wayne Anthony), but Stalk and his sceptical advisers demand proof. With the help of ... [read more]
Mad Max (1979)
In the near future, in a collapsing society, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) patrols the highway in a super-charged patrol car, the Interceptor, like a modern-day samurai. When a bikie gang declares war on him and his family, Max takes justice ... [read more]
A Place to Live (1950)
This dramatised documentary, made by the Realist Film Unit for the Brotherhood of St Laurence, contrasts the living conditions of the urban poor with the ‘owners of industry’ in 1950s Melbourne. It implies that while Melbourne is Australia’s financial centre, ... [read more]
Meet the Ferals (1994)
Opening titles introduce the Ferals. Modigliana the cat (voiced and operated by Mal Heap) and Rattus (voiced and operated by David Collins) are fighting again. Mixy (voiced and operated by Emma De Vries) the rabbit interrupts to ask why. Derryn ... [read more]
Pick a Box – Episode 170 (1963)
This episode of the classic quiz show Pick a Box, hosted by Bob Dyer with assistance from his wife Dolly Dyer, has two main segments. In the first, Dyer asks two contestants the same questions – sound-proof headphones prevent them ... [read more]
Noise (2007)
Lavinia Smart (Maia Thomas) walks into a carriage full of dead and dying passengers on a suburban train in Melbourne. She survives an encounter with the killer but he steals a framed photograph that has her name on the back. ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – HMAS Brisbane Launched at Cockatoo Island (1915)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows the launch of the HMAS Brisbane naval ship by Mrs Fisher, wife of the then Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, on 30 September 1915, from the dockyard of Cockatoo Island. [read more]
Rinso Washing Powder: Easy Does It (1946)
The advertisement for Rinso washing powder uses a musical sales pitch to sing the praises of this fantastic product. [read more]
Crook Hat and Camphoo (2005)
A documentary that shows two Alyawarr elders, Donald ‘Crook Hat’ Thompson Kemarre and Reggie 'Camphoo’ Pwerl making spears and woomeras in the tradition of the old people, using technology and knowledge that are millennia old and passed generation through generation. [read more]
Green Tea and Cherry Ripe (1989)
This insightful and moving documentary features six Japanese women who came to Australia as 'war brides’, having married Australian servicemen after the Second World War. They share their stories through candid interviews with director Solrun Hoaas, talking about their experiences ... [read more]
