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Bitter Springs (1950)

Wally King (Chips Rafferty), with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country to take up their new selection at Bitter Springs, in central Australia. A government trooper (Michael Pate) warns them that they are ... [read more]

Jack Johnson Training Film (c1909)

Historic footage of heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson at California training in front of a small crowd. [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]

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]

Cinderella on Strings (c1947)

This documentary made by the Australian National Film Board details the history of marionettes and puppeteers. It shows intricately hand-carved marionettes in the puppet workshops. The main part of the film features a filmed marionette theatre production of Cinderella. [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]

Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2007)

In 2007, polar adventurer Tim Jarvis returns to Antarctica to try to answer his own questions about the epic journey made by Douglas Mawson in early 1913. Mawson trekked across almost 500 km of Antarctic terrain after the death of ... [read more]

Loggerheads (c1990)

In 1992 the NSW State Government gave permission for logging to commence in Northern NSW, prior to an environmental impact study being completed. Environmentalists protested to stop the logging until the study was completed, claiming that there were ... [read more]

Coming out to the family (1997)

This is a searingly honest moment in which Adam’s parents truthfully tell how they felt when Adam told them he was gay. They had anticipated the continuance of the family name and a mess of grandchildren. Nevertheless they stood by ... [read more]

Bungalung: A Dreaming of Cannibals (2007)

Young men re-enact the Bungalung story as told by Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe. The film depicts the battle between two young men and the demon Bungalung in the Dreamtime. The two young men challenge and defeat Bungalung and ... [read more]

The long yard (2000)

The Long Yard can be viewed here in its entirety. Through a series of flashback sequences, a hospitalised man recalls two vehicular accidents that he has been involved in. [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]

‘You can’t take my photograph’ (1985)

At a bush camp, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is at first spooked by the quiet arrival of an Aboriginal man in face paint. Mick (Paul Hogan) introduces Neville (David Gulpilil), a 'real city-boy’, and then goes with him to a ... [read more]

Shifting Sands – Promise (1997)

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

Happy Little Vegemites (1959)

A chorus of children sing this radio jingle from the late 1950s. It proclaims the transformative power of their love for Vegemite, which has turned them into 'happy little Vegemites’. [read more]

‘The bow-wows now are all the rage’ (1939)

George (George Wallace) leaps into song in the courtyard of Mrs McAllister’s dog kennel (and boarding house). Jean McAllister (Lois Green) whips off her skirt to join him, dancing in hotpants. Henry (John Dobbie) and a large cast of passers-by ... [read more]

The long paddock (1981)

Jack must keep moving this mob of sheep over the ‘long paddock’, as the open road is called, because the owner of the flock is still waiting for rain that refuses to come. The long paddock is part of Australian ... [read more]

‘My heart would melt’ (2004)

Afghan Shah recalls how he courted Habiba and won her heart. Both people were the innocent victims of landmines. [read more]

Leunig Animated – How Democracy Actually Works (2001)

How Democracy Actually Works (narrated by Sam Neill) illustrates with industrial imagery what happens to our ballot papers on election day. [read more]

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