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Young David Hicks (2004)

David’s father, Terry Hicks, talks about David’s troubled teenage years and his love of the country and farm life. David’s friend, Megan Harrison, says David was keen on horses. [read more]

The dream house (2003)

Rob arrives for a tour of the house he designed and built for his own family but was unable to finish for financial reasons. It’s now owned by another family who love it dearly. [read more]

Questions (1987)

Ally (Claudia Karvan) wants to know if her parents loved her. Grandmother Bet (Jan Adele) assures her that they did. Ally says she sometimes dreams about her father. [read more]

Playing with fire (1983)

Detective Inspector Miles (Tim Robertson), known as Killer Miles to the uniformed men, cautiously approaches a luxury cruiser tied up at the wharf. Its owner is 'Nipper’ Jackson (Tony Barry), one of Sydney’s most notorious criminals. He and Miles are ... [read more]

An ancient land (1976)

Bill Peach takes us for a meander through the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. Along the way, we learn that the white squatters who settled the area in 1851 welcomed the artist Hans Heysen to stay with them while he ... [read more]

Alcohol, violence and a pathway forward (2011)

Local policeman Texas (Greg Tait) kicks off the first men’s group meeting in his small town in the Kimberley. Meanwhile in the city, TJ (Dean Daley-Jones) is at a pub. He tries ringing his son, Bullet, in the Kimberley but ... [read more]

The Christmas pudding affair (1986)

Grandma (Gwen Plumb) is woken up by cooking smells and knows intuitively that it’s her son-in-law stealing a march on her by starting the preparations for the Christmas pudding. She rushes into the kitchen to stop him, but is disarmed ... [read more]

Harvesting peanuts (1954)

This clip shows the harvesting of peanut plants. The harvester’s blade cuts the tap roots of a line of plants, which are then removed from the soil by hand and stacked in stooks to dry. A newly picked peanut kernel ... [read more]

Passionate about his work (1987)

Tony Fountain had to learn all about the bloodline of horses, and even how to set up and decorate sale yards, in order to manage the auctioning of stud horses. This is the top-of-the-line work that that brings in the ... [read more]

Fourth Liberty Loan (1943)

In close-up a soldier screams ‘fire’ and a barrage of bombing in a nightscape is subtitled with text while voice-over urges the public to contribute to the Fourth Liberty Loan. ‘War costs big money: the boys are ready. So back ... [read more]

Born into light (1998)

A young albino girl (Melissa Middleton) is walking along a desert road and a truck pulls up beside her. The driver (Rob Wenske) asks if she wants a lift. In flashback, a nun (Sylvia Merrick) reads from the bible and ... [read more]

Wards for consumption sufferers (1928)

The camera pans across the exterior of the Davis Wing – the wing which houses female consumptives – before showing patients in their beds on the outdoor veranda. Staff and patients are filmed in close-up, with many of them laughing ... [read more]

The POW Street Adoption Scheme (1941)

In a direct address to the camera, Governor of Queensland Sir Leslie Wilson appeals to Queenslanders to support the Red Cross Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. He appeals to individuals, communities and businesses to participate so that prisoners can ... [read more]

‘One penny per tintinnabulation’ (1956)

Reverend Lambeth (Ralph Richardson) stops to top up his overheating car radiator and is greeted by Smiley (Colin Petersen) and his best friend Joey (Bruce Archer). Smiley has a bruised cheek from a fight; the Reverend approves of what he ... [read more]

Bedside manner (1989)

Anxious about competition from the 24-hour surgery up the road, Dr William Sharp (Michael Craig) has been urging his staff to adopt a more overtly caring attitude towards the clinic’s patients. As receptionist Julie Winters (Denise Roberts) sees off a ... [read more]

‘Did the right one get away?’ (1999)

Jack Christey (Steve Bisley) escorts ex-cop and murder suspect Brian Geary (Steven Vidler) to a motel room. There’s been an attempt on Geary’s life and it’s unsafe for him to go home. Geary asks Jack some uncomfortable questions about family. ... [read more]

The hidden enemy (1941)

In this dramatised scenario, Shirley displays signs of dengue fever and a doctor explains to Shirley and her mother the dangers. Next, the doctor leaves as Shirley plays on a swing in her garden. Inside his office, the doctor explains ... [read more]

‘The human factor’ (2001)

At the skyscraping headquarters of Centabank in Melbourne, chief executive officer Simon O’Reilly (Anthony LaPaglia) gets a grilling from the board chairman (Robert van Mackelenberg). He gives Simon three months to improve his forecasts for profit and growth. In his ... [read more]

‘My foot against the back of your neck’ (2001)

Jim Doyle (David Wenham) has been hired by Centabank to perfect his research into how to predict the stock market. The bank’s senior research analyst Vincent (Greg Stone) sets up a series of preliminary tests, but chief executive Simon (Anthony ... [read more]

One last job (2002)

The brothers enjoy a breakfast at Bondi after being released from prison. Mal (Damien Richardson) and Dale (Guy Pearce) enjoy Shane’s (Joel Edgerton) food after he refuses to eat it: the chips are not straight enough. They suit up and ... [read more]

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