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Bernard Holtermann (1983)
Bernard Holtermann was a German migrant who arrived in Australia in 1858. In 1882 Holtermann found the largest gold nugget unearthed in the world at the time. He used his newly found riches to set up as a photographer. His ... [read more]
Aboriginal autonomy (1987)
In the early 1970s the Aborigines in the north west of Western Australia were finally able to buy their own properties. They initially struck for better pay and conditions and as a result they became graziers with cattle and sheep. ... [read more]
‘Surfie chick or nobody’ (1981)
On the bus to school, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her best friend Sue (Jad Capelja) try to suck up to the head of the surfie chick clique, Tracey (Sandy Paul). When she gets into a fight on the floor of ... [read more]
Joey strips (1998)
Joey is a male stripper with five years’ experience. He performs up to six times a day. He explains his role and the reasons for his choice of occupation as he prepares for a hens’ party in a suburban backyard. [read more]
‘The wife ship’ (1935)
The tiny settlement at Sydney Cove comes alive with news of a ship bringing single women to the colony. James Morrison (Franklyn Bennett) incurs the wrath of pretty young Biddy O’Shea (Peggy Maguire) when he tries to ‘carry her bundle’. ... [read more]
Dorothy meets the Good Fairy (1976)
Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) wakes up in a strange town after a car accident. In a dress shop run by the 'Good Fairy’ (Robin Ramsay), she learns she has killed the 'town hood’. The Fairy rewards her with a beautiful pair ... [read more]
‘Have a good day and don’t be a nuisance …’ (1977)
Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) appears to be a doddering old lady when the doctor (Gerry Duggan) collects her from the farmhouse where she’s cared for by her daughter Mrs Herbert (Jude Kuring). In the car, she becomes a different person ... [read more]
Mawson’s testimony (1998)
In 1998 a team of scientists and archaeologists sail to Antarctica. They restore huts built by explorer Douglas Mawson in 1911. It is a remarkable job done in the short summer in Antarctica. The team pack up and join the ... [read more]
Down on the farm (2001)
Rupert Murdoch, now in his 70s, is ruthless, attractive and charismatic. His sister, Janet, recalls their years of growing up at Cruden Farm where Rupert and his three sisters spent an idyllic childhood. Through her memories and the accompanying archival ... [read more]
Aussie bities (1956)
In this 1956 film Keith F Adams displays a funnel web spider and poisonous caterpillars on his hand as he says that they ‘should be considered highly dangerous’. Tiger, his fox terrier, digs up some mulga ants that sting him. [read more]
Somewhere special (2005)
Alison Anderson MLA Member for MacDonnell addresses a protest rally about standing up to the federal government and their intention to dump nuclear waste in the region. People march in peaceful protest. David Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation ... [read more]
I’ll walk (2002)
Shane (John Moore) and Robby (Wayne Munro) have just been thrown out of a hotel, and now walk the streets of Alice Springs. Shane doesn’t want to walk home and breaks into a car. Shane harasses Robby to get into ... [read more]
Lawyers confer (2004)
David Hicks’s lawyer, Stephen Kenny, meets up with David’s father, Terry, and Michael Ratner, a lawyer from the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New York. Terry is trying to get a trial for his son. Both lawyers agree that the ... [read more]
The laundromat and the coffee shop (2002)
Locals come up with an original idea to solve a problem of access to laundry facilities; a community laudromat and coffee shop combined. It’s been going for a year and has brought a disparate community of isolated individuals together. [read more]
Elvis is alive (1993)
Voice-over sums up the fate of both Dixon and Stuart over black-and-white stills of the two. Then we cut to the present day Max Stuart, driving along in his home country, now much older. He philosophises about what people think ... [read more]
Pull over (1981)
Police pull Les (Les Graham) over, and demand that he unload the truck. The other musicians, who are following the truck in their car, stop to investigate the hold-up. There is an altercation between the police and the band members. [read more]
Continuing the discussion (1999)
The Reconciliation Learning Circle group have just held their last meeting at a social venue. As they get up and disperse, an Indigenous man speaking in voice-over predicts that the group members will now go back to their busy lives ... [read more]
Escape (1999)
In a dramatic diversion, Noah (Jeffrey Walker) blows up the Sentinel, Tao’s spying radar device that has been tracking the Nomads. In the chaos, he and Sundance (Daniel Daperis) escape. Sutch (Daniel Daperis) is unable to stop his brother. [read more]
It’s a trap (2005)
In their quest for the precious liquid ember berries, the faireez have survived a climb up the mountain and think they are safe. Unbeknown to them the wicked Jumpalina is watching and her henchmen Sir Jumphrey and the Spyballs set ... [read more]
‘What will they see?’ (2002)
Yvonne Margarula tells us about how she inherited a beautiful land, but asks what the children will see when they become adults. Footage of Ranger Mine, operational since 1979, shows the land being carved up, and a map locates the ... [read more]
