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Desert Rats (2006)
Aaron reads the paper while Vinnie mows the lawn. Over family stills and clips showing Aaron performing in Dead Heart and Water Rats, Aaron describes how Vinnie always turned to him to be looked after, and how, with a lack ... [read more]
Survivor (2006)
Historical footage of Jimmy Little. Jimmy’s daughter Frances Peters-Little talks about her father, and how their shared passion for music ensured a great family bond. Russell Taylor talks about Jimmy Little overcoming stereotypes. [read more]
Correct brushing and the right toothpaste (1944)
Mrs Howard and her daughter Nancy visit a dentist for a check-up. As they sit in the waiting room, the narrator asks Mrs Howard if Nancy brushes her teeth correctly. A close-up of Nancy brushing her teeth in a sideways ... [read more]
An outback emergency (1949)
In a dramatised scenario, an injured stockman is given urgent medical attention in remote Australia. It begins with ‘Skipper’ Partridge and a property owner who are notified of the situation. This then cuts to a woman on a pedal radio ... [read more]
Rescue and recriminations (1950)
The Kings have run out of water. They are holed up in the only room left standing after Aboriginal people have burned down the house. They wait anxiously for the impending attack, which they won’t be able to withstand. When ... [read more]
The main street of town (1968)
Skippy, now on the run, pauses at the edge of town. Dr Stark’s henchmen, McMurtrie (Red Moore) and Snapes (Don Crosby), comment that she’ll end up on the main street and so she does. Pursued, she finds herself on the ... [read more]
‘I’m John’ (2010)
Jamie Vlassikis (Lucas Pittaway) has been woken at night by the sound of a motorbike being continually revved outside. He and his younger brother (who has joined him) look out the window and see the grinning culprit wearing a helmet, ... [read more]
Washing feet (1989)
A pair of frail, gnarled feet. The Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton) on her hands and knees, gently washes her white mother’s arthritic feet. The Aboriginal woman begins to remember another time, when as a family they would visit the beach. [read more]
Musetta (2002)
The Australian opera is on tour with La Boheme. Musetta (Teresa La Rocca) sings one of the opera’s most popular arias from Act II. In it, she is trying to reignite her lover Marcello’s passion. [read more]
‘What am I doing wrong?’ (1998)
After a dinner party with Diver Dan (David Wenham), Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) realises she didn’t hit it off with his friends. The next day, she visits him at the boatshed to ask his advice on where she is going ... [read more]
‘The Lettes of Willow Glen’ (1978)
Using still photographs, personal narration, quoted correspondence and music, the early 20th century history of the maternal side of the filmmaker’s family is detailed. [read more]
Always the light (1994)
Artist Jeffrey Smart takes the audience on a whimsical visit to an industrial landscape where he set a painting featuring bicycle riders. Smart asks the film’s director where he would put the figure of Smart in the painting. Smart also ... [read more]
Maitland Floods (1978)
Cameraman Len Maguire and assistant Chris Hewitt (Chris Haywood) have battled rising waters to reach Maitland – then got drunk with their competitors, while waiting for the daylight. Chris wakes up in the pharmacy, as the mayor calls to ask ... [read more]
‘What sort of mother do they think I am?’ (1988)
Connie (Lynette Curran) learns from a television report that her son Peter (Clayton Williamson) has chained himself to the Gamma Cenotaph in the town centre. He’s on a hunger strike in protest against the Roman boat leaving Gamma for a ... [read more]
‘Come on, Franky!’ (2005)
Franky (Hunter Page) and Maddie (Alexa Miller) are walking along the railroad track. Eddy (Blake Herczeg) pulls up in a taxi and urges Franky to get into the cab because they are late. They arrive at the Dreamtime Culture Centre. ... [read more]
Scotty wants to dance (2005)
Kev is telling the boys that they need to carry on without Franky. Scotty (Scott Angeles) tells Kev (Lafe Charlton) he is sick of playing the yidaki (didgeridoo) and wants to dance. Franky is walking along the road side, a ... [read more]
Pedigree for a hanging (1993)
Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia. Narration and black-and-white stills tell the story of his upbringing and early life. He came from an impoverished family, brought up by his widowed mother. His wife, Dorothy Pirois recalls their ... [read more]
Fighting to survive (1998)
The Simpson brothers from Dubbo New South Wales are boxing champions. Their parents, Lyn and Henry, are very supportive. In an interview from 1994, the boys and their parents explain the boys’ commitment to giving up seeing girls for the ... [read more]
Husbands see red over Purple (1973)
Alvin relaxes in a pool, with friends. He is determined to give up sex. He asks Tina (Elli Maclure) if she agrees that their friendship is based on an absence of sex – she asks how he knows that it ... [read more]
Queen of the Murray 1952 (1943)
This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay features participants in the Queen of the Murray beauty contest 1952 including Miss Red Cliffs, Miss Murray Bridge, Miss Renmark, Miss Wentworth and Miss Mildura. Three young men dress-up ... [read more]
