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Number 96 – Episode 910 (1975)

In this episode Herb Evans (Ron Shand) is keeping a whopping secret from Dorrie (Pat McDonald), Gary Whittaker (Mike Ferguson) has been stitched up by Liz Feather (Margaret Laurence) and Dudley Butterfield’s (Chard Hayward) dead cousin might not be so ... [read more]

A Woman’s Tale (1991)

In her last days, Marta (Sheila Florance) remains cheerful and determined to live life to the fullest. With the help of Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska), a visiting nurse who has become her closest friend, Marta resists pressure from her son Jonathon ... [read more]

Athol Tier as Napoleon (c1931)

This is a staged comedy and musical performance in which Athol Tier appears dressed as Napoleon. [read more]

Construction (1985)

This sequence describes the impact of the 1960s development of the Sydney skyline on the work of labourers building its new skyscrapers. [read more]

Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977)

Len (Bryan Brown) and his wife Barbara (Kris McQuade) have separated after he beat her in a drunken rage. Len tries to woo her back, with a series of letters, but Barbara has her doubts. Whatever happens, she does not ... [read more]

Les Darcy vs Dave Smith for the Championship of Australia (1916)

Historical footage of Australian Middleweight Champion Les Darcy and Dave Smith training together at Sydney Harbour and later in a boxing match on 24 June 1916. [read more]

General Motors Holden – Buy with Confidence (1968)

This black-and-white television advertisement for General Motors Holden features a family looking to buy a used car from their Holden dealer. [read more]

‘A fellow human being’ (2007)

A map shows the Convincing Ground site, the traditional country of the Kilcarer clan of the Gundidj-Mara peoples. Dr Ian McNiven of Monash University presents the historic context surrounding the massacre. [read more]

Empire Day Pageant (c1915)

This silent actuality fragment from around 1915 shows people celebrating Empire Day in full costume. It appears to take place in a small country town. [read more]

Distributor under construction (1973)

Tree surgeons and DMR workers relocate an ornamental tree in the path of the distributor. The supporting steel false work emphasises the height of the new structure. Concrete decks of the north and southbound carriageways are ... [read more]

Little Fish (2005)

Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett) has been off heroin for four years, when old boyfriend Jonny Nguyen (Dustin Nguyen) comes back to Sydney. Tracy is 32, living with her mum Janelle (Noni Hazelhurst) and working in a video shop in Cabramatta. ... [read more]

Sacred site (1991)

This clip introduces the Jawoyn peoples attending and giving evidence at the government inquiry into mining at Coronation Hill. [read more]

Sunday School, Oodnadatta hostel (1947)

At the Australian Inland Mission hostel at Oodnadatta, the AIM sisters conduct Sunday School classes with some of the children. After their lessons, the children congregate for prayers and hymn singing. [read more]

A perfect holiday destination (1938)

Away from the bustle of the city and the strain of everyday life, the islands of the Great Barrier Reef offer a place for relaxation. In the bushland, birds fill the trees. Closer to shore, springtime has delivered an abundance ... [read more]

‘Everybody else does it’ (1976)

The Leyland Brothers respond to a reader’s question about the size of Uluru (Ayres Rock) and interview visitors climbing the rock. [read more]

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘Give Her Roses’ (1959)

This is a 60-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates from 1959. [read more]

Wealth and poverty (1955)

This clip contrasts the wealth of the shipping industry business executives and their partners with the workers who struggle to get a larger share of the profits. In a dramatised sequence, a group of affluent people are on their way ... [read more]

Bridge construction (1967)

An aerial shot shows the completed steel false work for the bridge in preparation for the concrete stage. A concrete box unit is delivered by barge and elevated by lifting winch to the top of the steel arch where it ... [read more]

Shifting Sands – Promise (1997)

A short drama about a grandmother’s tale of her promise marriage. [read more]

Nice Coloured Girls (1987)

This short film is about three Indigenous women and their night out at Kings Cross. [read more]

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