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Deadly Hurt (1994)
In 1992, the National Committee on Violence Against Women released its National Strategy on Violence Against Women. Deadly Hurt is a personal response to the strategy by filmmaker Don Parham. Parham puts the case that it simplifies a complex issue ... [read more]
Phoenix – Top Quality Crims (1991)
Phoenix is a procedural drama telling the story of the investigation into the 1986 bombing of the Victorian Police Headquarters, commonly known as the 'Russell Street bombing’. Told from the perspective of the Major Crime Squad who investigated the crime, ... [read more]
Yolngu Boy (2000)
Botj, Lorrpu and Milika are three Yolngu teenagers from northeast Arnhem Land, who are about to become men. Botj (Sean Mununggurr) is estranged from his parents and prone to glue sniffing. He’s upset when his friends Lorrpu (John Sebastian Pilakui) ... [read more]
Mail Order Bride (1984)
After an exchange of letters, a Filipino woman known as ‘Ampy’ (Charito Ortez) arrives in Australia to marry Kevin (Ray Meagher), a builder who lives in a caravan park in a small town in far-western NSW. They struggle to ... [read more]
Treaty (1991)
This is an Aboriginal pop song from the 1990s with a powerful political message. [read more]
Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder (1899)
This actuality footage shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop while labourers stack the wheat sheaves. [read more]
Holly’s Heroes – Crunch Time (2005)
This is episode seven of a 26-part series about basketball mad Holly who, on moving from New Zealand to Australia, decides to start her own team after getting knocked back by the local team, the Rams. Holly’s rebel team is ... [read more]
Imperial Tractors: Western Australian Farmers Support an Australian Industry (1937)
This silent black-and-white Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement shows tractor stock at the AH McDonald and Co warehouse and tractors being loaded onto a cargo train for delivery to regional areas. [read more]
Hunt Angels (2006)
Hunt Angels is a dramatised documentary based on the life of the virtually unknown filmmaker Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) and his collaborator, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill). It tells the story of a struggling filmmaker in the 1930s and ‘40s who ... [read more]
Don’s Party (1976)
On federal election night in 1969, Don and Kath Henderson (John Hargreaves and Jeanie Drynan) host a party, to celebrate what they expect will be a Labor victory after 20 years of conservative government. Most of their friends vote Labor. ... [read more]
Sydney Opera House Opening Concert (1973)
The ABC concert-telecast broadcast of the official opening concert at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 29 September 1973. Performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, it was conducted by expatriate Australian conductor Charles Mackerras and featured Swedish soprano ... [read more]
Dimpel, Konrad: Jennings Germans (c1960)
This silent, colour home movie footage from 1960 shows bricklayers lay the foundations of a house while others carry out masonry work on a rough stone wall. Alongside them, a toddler in a pink dress explores part of a work ... [read more]
‘I’m finished with the church’ (1980)
Having fallen in love with Jack (Simon Burke), Joe (Patrick Phillips) is heartbroken when the parish priest, in the confessional, tells Jack their association is a mortal sin. Jack decides he must end their ‘affair’, to him an intense though ... [read more]
Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
Celebrated crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) pockets the cash from an armed robbery when the bandits crash their getaway car. Detective Sergeant Ray Birch (Bruno Lawrence) suspects something, but has his hands full with a series of murders. School ... [read more]
High Tide (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis), a backup singer in a travelling rock’n'roll show, is left broke and stranded when her car breaks down in the NSW coastal town of Bega. She checks into a caravan park, unaware that Ally ... [read more]
HQ Kingswood Sedan: Holden, the Great Way to Move (c1971)
This is a black-and-white television advertisement for the Holden HQ Kingswood sedan. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Parliament Opens the New Session (1925)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from 1925 shows the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Dudley de Chair, arriving by car to open Parliament House in Melbourne. He salutes an Army Guard of Honour before entering Parliament House. After the ceremony ... [read more]
Art From the Heart (1998)
The documentary looks at the way that Aboriginal art has been commercialised since the 1970s. Artists and galleries have prospered since Aboriginal art was marketed on a large international scale. The documentary features interviews with gallery owners, dealers and Aboriginal ... [read more]
Footy Legends (2006)
Ten years after leaving school in Yagoona, in Sydney’s western suburbs, Luc Vu (Anh Do) is unemployed and struggling to raise his little sister Anne (Lisa Saggers). Their mother has died and their grandfather (Dao Minh Sinh) is in a ... [read more]
Going Tribal (1995)
The documentary observes the lifestyle and values of a group of ferals living in the Byron Bay area in northern New South Wales. The film includes interviews with several families, observes ceremonies taken from ancient cultures and explains the philosophy ... [read more]
