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Wouldn’t change a thing (2002)
Mariah as a young girl talks about karate, and living an active life. Mariah’s parents Angie and Dave talk about what is required to support Mariah in living with her condition. A medical practitioner tells us that after a transplant, ... [read more]
Round the Twist – Series Two – Next Time Round (1992)
Pete has been hypnotised by Linda and every time someone says the word 'now’ he behaves like a chicken for ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can’t undo the hypnosis so Pete gets into some serious trouble at school. [read more]
For Love or Money (1983)
Using a vast array of historical footage, the film proposes a history of women and work in Australia, from 1788 to 1983. [read more]
A chance meeting (1987)
There’s a truck parked on the side of the road and Mac (Bryan Brown) rushes to grab them a lift. It turns out to be the recently widowed Lily (Noni Hazlehurst), the love of Mac’s life, and she brings him ... [read more]
Wildside – Series 1 Episode 1 (1997)
A ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. Two of them, Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano) and Heidi Benson (Rose Byrne), seek ... [read more]
The Book Show – David Malouf (1988)
A magazine-style program with presenter and interviewer Dinny O’Hearn talking to David Malouf, who has just won the Haskell award for his body of work. He also interviews Joanna Mendelssohn about her new book on Lionel Lindsay, the lesser known ... [read more]
‘Things grow and you kill ‘em’ (1987)
In the highlands of Tasmania in 1933, Ruby and Henry Rose live by snaring wallaby and possum for meat and skins. They have adopted a homeless boy as their son, Gem. Henry (Chris Haywood) skins wallabies without sentiment but Gem ... [read more]
A couple dancing (1939)
Tamara Toumanova, wearing a light coloured headpiece, lifts her head to camera. She and a male dancer together perform a brief routine on the grass outside of Murray-Will’s beach house. In a slow motion sequence, the pair continues their routine. ... [read more]
Nicaragua: No Pasaran (1984)
This 1984 documentary examines the political story of Nicaragua. The Sandinistas overthrew the US backed dictatorship of Somoza. The Sandinistas then had to defend their country from the invasion of the US funded Contras from neighbouring Honduras and Costa Rica. ... [read more]
Underbelly – Series 1 (2008)
A 13-part drama series based on real events in Melbourne from 1994–2004. In 1994, power and influence in Melbourne’s underworld is held by the Moran family and old-school gangsters the Carlton Crew. Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley) is a little-known employee ... [read more]
Theme From ‘Blue Hills’ (1949)
This recording is a short excerpt from episode 528 of the long-running radio serial Blue Hills, including the theme music and opening announcement. [read more]
Yindi goes exploring (1996)
After overcoming an earlier threat to his survival from a car accident, Yindi the koala emerges from his mother’s pouch. He starts to explore the world, unaware that a new threat to his safety is just around the corner. [read more]
Summer City (1977)
In the early 1960s, Sandy (John Jarratt), Boo (Steve Bisley), Scollop (Mel Gibson) and Robbie (Phil Avalon) drive to the beaches north of Sydney for a surfing weekend. The boys are planning to give Sandy a memorable ‘one last fling’ ... [read more]
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) has been trained from the age of six to become a ballroom dancing champion. His ambitious mother, Shirley (Pat Thomson), sees a golden future for Scott with his partner Liz (Gia Carides). But Scott’s desire to ... [read more]
Third Person Plural (1978)
Easy-going Terry (George Shevtsov) invites three friends on a weekend boating trip. Mark (Bryan Brown) is a biologist who studies ants. Danny (Linden Wilkinson) is making a documentary about senior citizens. Beth (Margaret Cameron) has an open relationship with husband ... [read more]
The police arrive (1981)
The members of the band No Fixed Address leave for their gig. During their performance the police arrive. [read more]
Loved Up – Our Bush Wedding (2005)
An observational documentary about the wedding between artist Gordon Syron and photographer Elaine Pelot-Kitchener. Syron went to jail in 1972 for killing a man who, in his view, was attempting to take the land belonging to his family. [read more]
Chant Vénitien (1904)
Dame Nellie Melba’s recording of ‘Chant Vénitien’ was among her first commercial recording sessions. Her performance, for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904, is accompanied by the composer of the song, Herman Bemberg. [read more]
Indefinable Moods (2001)
The animated short film Indefinable Moods is a journey through a vividly coloured Australian landscape. A series of images – both abstract shapes and representational objects – appear and metamorphose. The final shot is an assemblage of panels comprising animated ... [read more]
‘I got off in Sunray’ (1996)
Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov) gets personal with his listeners in Sunray, a small town on the Murray River. Dimity Hurley (Miranda Otto) stops under a roadside speaker to listen, trying to ignore a ute full of local boys yelling obscenities. ... [read more]
