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The game (1996)
Thomas Wills and his cousin, HCA Harrison, combined elements of soccer, Gaelic football and rugby union to come up with a concoction that incorporated all the codes and founded AFL in the 1860s. An overview of ... [read more]
Secret Fleets (1995)
During the Second World War, submarines operated secretly out of Fremantle and Albany in the south of Western Australia. These were desperate times, when the Japanese advance had overrun Singapore and New Guinea. American submariners were welcomed by the citizens ... [read more]
Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (1976)
This documentary made by the New South Wales Department of Main Roads features the reconstruction of a five-and-a-half kilometre stretch of the Pacific Highway at Clybucca Flat, north of Kempsey, using continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP). It includes footage ... [read more]
Metric Motoring (1974)
This title consists of two 60-second television advertisements explaining to motorists the national changeover from imperial to metric measurement. [read more]
Seven Deadly Sins - Envy (1992)
This one-hour drama is the sad and sordid story of two people eaten up with envy for what they can’t possess. The program is book-ended with iconic shots of the life and times of President Kennedy and his wife Jackie, ... [read more]
Uncivilised (1936)
Beatrice Lynn (Margot Rhys), a successful novelist, journeys into the ‘unexplored’ reaches of north-west Australia in search of book material. She has heard rumours of a ‘wild white man’ who lives with Aboriginal people, but she finds more than she ... [read more]
Message Stick – Babinda Boulders (2005)
Young men fall victim to a waterhole that, according to Aboriginal legend, is a sacred place where the spirit of an Aboriginal woman dwells. [read more]
Treaty (1991)
This is an Aboriginal pop song from the 1990s with a powerful political message. [read more]
White, AR: Tin Mining in Malaya (c1930)
This silent home movie footage, filmed by Arthur Reginald White in 1930s British Malaya, includes scenes of a tin mining plant; the open markets and streets of Kuala Lumpur; the Malayan Volunteer Corps in training and on parade; and examples ... [read more]
Angst (1993)
The film looks at the lives of three Jewish comedians who are the children of Holocaust survivors. Deb Filler is from New Zealand, Sandy Gutman (Austen Tayshus) from Melbourne and Moshe Waldoks is from the USA. Each of the ... [read more]
No Fences, No Boundaries – Walter Burley Griffin (c1976)
A biography that examines the life and work of architect Walter Burley Griffin (1876 – 1937), based on the unpublished biography by his wife, Marion Mahony (1871 – 1961), 'The Magic of America’. Walter Burley Griffin moved to Australia after ... [read more]
Peach’s Australia – Darling River (1976)
The travel journalist Bill Peach continues his wander around the continent of Australia with a stop along the banks of the Darling River at Bourke in New South Wales. This was the centre of sheep grazing in Australia from the ... [read more]
The end of the tour (1974)
On 13 February 1974, the final day of his six-nation South-East Asian tour, the then prime minister Gough Whitlam addresses local and foreign media at a press conference at the Hotel Intercontinental in Manila. He and his wife Margaret then ... [read more]
The stirrer (2000)
Pat’s parents would love him to continue into senior high school but they respect the fact that Pat is simply not motivated to continue with his studies. [read more]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? – Series 1 Episode 5 (1999)
Host Eddie McGuire recaps the previous evening’s episode and introduces carry-over contestant Rick, who attempts to increase his $32,000 win. Ten potential contestants then compete in a game of ‘fastest fingers first’ to answer a multiple choice question and gain ... [read more]
Loved Up – Endangered (2005)
A documentary with interviews and animated sequences that explores the issue of being single and Indigenous in contemporary society. [read more]
Tatler News No 2, Dr Maloney MLA (c1934)
This newsreel item made by Frank Thring’s Efftee Film Productions features a speech by physician-cum-parliamentarian Dr William Maloney MLA. Dr Maloney expresses his concerns about social injustice and poverty, addresses the issue of women’s voting ... [read more]
Frontier: Stories from White Australia’s Forgotten War (1996)
A documentary about the first contact between the Indigenous people of Australia and white colonists. [read more]
Waterloo (1981)
The film outlines the history of the redevelopment of the Sydney suburb of Waterloo. Residents are interviewed and archival footage is used to outline the history of change in the area. The documentary emphasises the need for consultation and shows ... [read more]
ABC Children’s TV Club – Monday Showcase (1961)
Monday Showcase is a magazine-style program for children from the series ABC Children’s TV Club. This episode opens with the continuing story of 'Aroora the Red Kangaroo’ (by Leslie Rees) followed by Phidias and his Art Gallery, an art ... [read more]
