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Captain Cook’s Cottage (1938)
Mr Russell Grimwade tells of his purchase of Captain Cook’s family cottage in Yorkshire, England and its transport to Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. To ‘appease resentment’ back in Yorkshire, a monument is erected in its place. [read more]
Brothers and Sisters (1997)
A lecture by scientist Frank J Sulloway about sibling behaviour is intercut with interviews in which a range of brothers and sisters, young and old, including an only child, express their social responses to sibling relationships. Some historical photographs and ... [read more]
General Motors Holden – Postgraduate Research Fellowship Plan (c1962)
This ad demonstrates how crucial scientific and technological research is to large multinational companies like GMH. [read more]
‘Industrial storm clouds’ (1955)
As men work, narrator Leonard George Teale says 'industrial storm clouds hover on the waterfront’. Newspaper headlines and cartoons depict waterside workers as lazy and prone to striking. At Parliament House in Canberra, a Bill is passed. Shipping interests have ... [read more]
Main Base, Commonwealth Bay (1931)
After 20 years, the Discovery team return to Commonwealth Bay’s Cape Denison to find that the hut at Main Base is still standing. Frank Hurley recounts his memories over footage of the hut’s interior (including the kitchen, living quarters and ... [read more]
Hearts are trumps (1964)
During the 1964 world surfing championships at Manly, local teenagers flood into a dance, while the international contestants fraternise with new friends. In the morning, the keenest local surfers are out to get a wave before the competition begins. [read more]
‘He did his duty’ (1915)
Will (Guy Hastings) joins his friends in Martin Place, Sydney, for a drink. They discuss the war while drinking and Will urges them to join up. He places a recruiting poster on the hotel wall, but a stranger rips it ... [read more]
A plan of attack (1917)
Australian soldiers study a large ground plan of the Messines area, in the days before the attack. A shell appears to have just been fired from nearby. Closer to the front, British artillery pounds the German positions at Messines, observed ... [read more]
Meeting new friends (2002)
The brothers have flown to Melbourne with their lawyer Frank Malone (Robert Taylor). At a house by Port Phillip Bay, Frank outlines the job – they’re going to steal the bookies’s take from the Melbourne Cup. Dale (Guy Pearce) realises ... [read more]
Costs and profits – how price grows (1948)
With the aid of cartoons, an argument is made which illustrates the chain of supply for manufacture and the associated costs. Manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer each take their own profits before passing on the inflated costs to the consumer. Figures ... [read more]
‘Don’t let her go!’ (2006)
Lee (voiced by Alycia Debnam-Carey) plays with her food at dinner while a radio broadcaster (Barry Eaton) describes a scene at the airport where Mrs Petrov (voiced by Inge Romantsova) is attempting to board a plane back to the Soviet ... [read more]
Chas E Blanks: Families at Seaside, Sydney Harbour (c1930)
This silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Sydney Ferries shows children swimming and families picnicking at a fun fair at Nielsen Park and Clifton Gardens. [read more]
Roberts, John: Anzac Day march Adelaide, South Australia and other segments (c1941)
This compilation of home movie reel segments filmed by John Roberts includes black-and-white and colour footage, shot between 1939 and 1943. It shows a sailor returning home from leave, a War Bonds march from 1941 and a Nations Parade in ... [read more]
Timber truss bridges (2001)
An RTA timber bridge maintenance worker explains the characteristics of historic timber truss bridges in New South Wales, including the special quality that timber bridges have over their concrete or steel counterparts. An example is the ... [read more]
’There is no excuse’ (1929)
Paula Marsh’s (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) attempt to rob the Travers family safe is interrupted by the arrival of Lee Travers (Josef Bambach). [read more]
Papunya: a different world (1993)
The 'black and white urban band’ Djaambi arrives at the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya to find no audience, minor flooding and bleak housing conditions for the locals. The band hopes that their visit to the community will leave a ... [read more]
‘Mission of mercy’ (1941)
In a dramatic re-enactment, set on a remote homestead in Australia’s outback, a station worker is suffering an attack of acute appendicitis. A member of the homestead radios for help to a hospital hundreds of kilometres away at the base ... [read more]
Living Hawthorn (1906)
Historical footage filmed by Melbourne-based chemists Millard Johnson and William Gibson in Hawthorn, Victoria. [read more]
Political asylum (2006)
Lee’s mum (voiced by Tara Morice) hems her dress while her little brother, Kent (Justin Rynne), plays noisily with a toy truck. Their father (Marcus Hale) attempts to listen to the radio. Later, Mrs Davis (Celia Matthews) attempts to have ... [read more]
‘Up your bum!’ (1994)
Jeff (Russell Crowe) and Greg (John Polson) sit on the couch at Jeff’s house, after drinking at the local gay pub. They kiss for the first time, but Harry (Jack Thompson) interrupts them, seeking an introduction. He joins the boys ... [read more]
