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Beautiful Melbourne (1947)
This footage, put together by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1947, illustrates the conditions of inner-city housing in Melbourne, Victoria. It shows inner suburban housing in poor condition. This is compared with a family living in a Housing Commission ... [read more]
Bridging the Parramatta River (1967)
Children play on the banks of a stream west of Sydney where the Parramatta River begins. A coloured beach ball tossed into the stream floats down the waterway which becomes a river then runs into Sydney Harbour. As the beach ... [read more]
Winners – Just Friends (1985)
Thirteen-year-old Susan (Sherie Graham) has just moved to a new part of town. She’s practising her skills at the local roller skating rink when Buzz (Mitch Ambrose), the prince of the rink, spots the talented newcomer and moves in on ... [read more]
Molly and Mobarak (2003)
Molly and Mobarak follows the emotional journey of Mobarak Tahiri, a young Hazara refugee from Afghanistan living on a Temporary Protection Visa, as he struggles to adjust to life in the regional NSW town of Young. Molly Rule and ... [read more]
An AIM Patrol (1927)
During the winter of 1927, Australian Inland Mission (AIM) patrolling officer Reverend Andrew Barber and AIM medical adviser Dr George Simpson travelled over 12,800 kilometres through the central region of Australia to assess the medical needs ... [read more]
Mementos (2000)
The narrator (Clare Larman) recalls the time her father befriended a dog that was blind in one eye. She also talks about mementos of her father that she has retained. [read more]
Much Ado About Something (2001)
Much Ado About Something questions the authorship of the works of Shakespeare in a delightful and accessible way. It uses interviews, dramatisations, pictures, photos, paintings, and scenes from feature films and plays to investigate whether Christopher Marlowe or Sir Francis ... [read more]
South of the Border (1987)
South of the Border looks at the role of music in the grass roots political protest movement in Central America. David Bradbury films various bands singing protest songs and talking about government oppression in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and ... [read more]
‘Concentration, the key to success’ (1958)
This advertisement for road safety begins with a cricket match. As Keith Miller bats, the male narrator speaks about concentration as one of his keys to success, with his 'eyes front all the time, or you’re out’. This tip is ... [read more]
Papunya: a different world (1993)
The 'black and white urban band’ Djaambi arrives at the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya to find no audience, minor flooding and bleak housing conditions for the locals. The band hopes that their visit to the community will leave a ... [read more]
On Our Selection (1932)
Drought has all but ruined the Rudd family 'selection’ in south-western Queensland, but Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) and his wife (Alfreda Bevan) hold grimly to the land. He’s in debt to a ruthless neighbour, Old Carey (Len Budrick), who seizes ... [read more]
The Sundowner (1953)
Convinced her father was murdered, Kim Marsden (Jeanette Elphick) tells cattle station manager McLeod (Max Osbiston) she has sent for ‘the Sundowner’. McLeod claims the Sundowner is a myth created by Aborigines. [read more]
This land is mine; this land is me (2001)
Men are gathered on the property ready to begin the search for the lost girl Emily (Memphis Kelly). The father (Paul Kelly) wants the tracker Albert Riley (Kelton Pell) off his property. The men are organised into a search party. ... [read more]
‘A very friendly fellow’ (1973)
The Homicide team question friends of Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen) in an attempt to discover what he knows about the robbery. Inspector Lawson (Charles Tingwell) and Detective Sergeant Barnes (George Mallaby) question Buddy’s employer. Senior Detective Kelly (John Stanton) and ... [read more]
Building Construction (1899)
This actuality footage, filmed in 1899, shows demolition workers carrying rubble away in wheelbarrows. A wall then crashes down. [read more]
An ace is laid to rest (1918)
A brief shot of an aeroplane falling from the sky leads to a series of shots of officers and other ranks of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, examining the wreckage of Captain Manfred von Richthofen’s aeroplane, a Fokker Dr. ... [read more]
‘Bring your eyeliner’ (1986)
Anna (Saskia Post) is dressed up for a job interview. Her boyfriend Sam (Michael Hutchence) asks if she’s coming to watch his band. [read more]
The superintendent’s dream (1970)
Superintendent Tilley (Nigel Lovell) is shaken after discovering that a drunken troublemaker he saw at the golf club and the detective he has nominated for an award are apparently the same person. That evening, he has a peculiar dream featuring ... [read more]
Weekend Magazine – Carnarvon Gorge and the Fighting Highlanders (1982)
The Carnarvon Gorge in northern Queensland has been gazetted as a national park since 1932 but this is the first time a route has been opened up so that tourists can appreciate its extraordinary beauty at first hand. The second ... [read more]
National Treasures – ‘The Magic Pudding’ Illustrations (2004)
Warren Brown takes a look at Norman Lindsay’s original illustrations for the much-loved children’s book The Magic Pudding at the State Library of New South Wales. [read more]
