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From Sand to Celluloid – Payback (1996)

A short drama about payback, the Indigenous traditional law system. After 20 years, Paddy (George Djilaynga) is released from jail into tribal law. [read more]

A new kidney (2002)

Photographs of baby Mariah attached to a kidney dialysis machine. Mariah’s parents Angie and David from the Kamilaroi clan talk about supporting her during this period. A doctor tells us the function of the kidneys, what happens when someone contracts ... [read more]

Turn Around (2002)

A romantic comedy about a young man who fantasises about a liaison with a stranger, yet fails to see the real woman before him. [read more]

The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)

After another failed romance, Vicki (Kerry Fox) returns from Europe to the rambling Sydney house of her older sister Beth (Lisa Harrow), an established writer. Vicki is pregnant, and unsure of her direction. Beth’s teenage daughter Annie (Miranda Otto) is ... [read more]

Gurindji country (1999)

Darwin sky at dusk, then a map that illustrates the distance between where Kingarli was buried and the place where she was born – the same place her son Speedy and daughter Kathy Mills are trying to have her returned. [read more]

Sunshine Sally (1922)

Sally (Yvonne Pavis) resigns from her job at a laundry after supporting her friend Tottie (Joy Revelle), who has been sacked. She rejects marriage proposals from Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) and Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson), who embark on a boxing ... [read more]

‘All I have to offer you is me’ (2009)

Delilah (Marissa Gibson) nurses Samson (Rowan McNamara) back to health. She bathes him in the water trough, gives him fresh clothes to wear and makes him a meal. As Samson sits in the wheelchair listening to music on the radio, ... [read more]

The Forerunner (1957)

Made by the Shell Film Unit within the first decade of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme’s construction, this documentary positions the ambitious scheme as the country’s 'first major step towards the final solution of Australia’s water problem’. [read more]

Manganinnie (1980)

In 1830 Edward Waterman (Phillip Hinton) and his family arrive in a remote part of Tasmania (or Van Diemen’s Land, as it was then known). Waterman is pressured into helping British colonial forces carry out the Black Line – enforced ... [read more]

Picking at the soul of the game (2007)

As training concludes with the customary bathtub full of tinnies, coach Jack Cooper (Matthew Johns) takes Grub (Matt Nable) aside to discuss the judiciary hearing. Jack warns him his style of game is dead. Grub declares his style of play ... [read more]

Snowtown (2010)

Snowtown is an account of the infamous Snowtown, or Bodies in the Barrels, murders, named after the discovery of eight bodies in an empty bank vault in the South Australian town of Snowtown in May 1999. Two more bodies were ... [read more]

Ballarat Beauty Competition (1911)

This silent newsreel shows the first 15 contestants in a local children’s beauty competition held in the Victorian town of Ballarat in 1911. [read more]

Seeing clearly (2011)

The bed-bound Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling) is starting to rally after her stroke, buoyed by the thought of seeing her grown children later in the day. Basil (Geoffrey Rush) and Dorothy (Judy Davis) have both arrived in the country but ... [read more]

Official Opening of Canberra by His Royal Highness the Duke of York (1927)

The Duke of York, who later became King George VI, officially opens Old Parliament House, Canberra on 19 May 1927. Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce is also present and Dame Nellie Melba sings the national anthem God Save the King. [read more]

Last Ride (2009)

Kev (Hugo Weaving), a former convict on the run, and his 10-year-old son Chook (Tom Russell) get to know each other for the first and last time in this road movie set in South Australia. The pair’s relationship deepens as ... [read more]

‘A commercial enterprise’ (1990)

In this clip Michael Talbot, Australia Post deputy state manager of New South Wales, addresses controlling postal managers (CPMs) and postal managers (PMs) directly, informing them of why and how things must change for post offices under the new corporate ... [read more]

Laying down the law (1979)

Tarzan (Gerard Kennedy) confronts Pansy (Mike Preston) about his assault on the manager. Horse (Dennis Miller), Mad Dog (Steve Bisley), Methuselah (Michael Duffield) and Tassie (Stewart Faichney) listen as Tarzan reads the rules of their employment. [read more]

Jindabyne (2006)

In the Snowy Mountains, an electrician (Chris Haywood) murders a young woman and dumps her body in a river. Four men on a fishing trip find the body, secure it in the water, then carry on fishing. They report it ... [read more]

Dead Calm (1989)

Australian naval officer John Ingram (Sam Neill) and his young wife Rae (Nicole Kidman) take their yacht to sea to recover from the death of a child. Becalmed in mid-ocean, they rescue a frightened young American, Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane), ... [read more]

The Maryborough Railway Employees’ Picnic (1938)

This is actuality footage of the Maryborough Railway employees’ picnic held at Scarness, Queensland, on 20 March 1938. Children and families from Gympie, Bundaberg, Kingaroy, Childers and other south-east Queensland areas all attend. It includes scenes of children boarding trains ... [read more]

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