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Christine Jacobs’s story (2004)

Christine Jacobs, an Aboriginal woman from Western Australia, describes her childhood experience and the impact this has had on her adult life. [read more]

Between worlds (2005)

Tommy tells us about the massacre on the plains, Aboriginal peoples executed by stockmen. This is woven into his recount off his experience as a young boy – being called 'white boy’ by the blackfellas, and 'black boy’ by the ... [read more]

‘Look of hatred’ (1991)

Vietnam veterans recall the look of hatred from the Vietnamese people. For veteran Rowan Marsh, this was understandable given that the Vietnamese had been at war for 40 years. [read more]

Carriage interiors and fittings (1937)

The interior features of the Spirit of Progress are detailed including the wide windows, double panes of shatter-proof glass, well upholstered seating, selected Australian timber veneers, soft lighting and individual reading lamps. The train’s exterior is painted in royal blue ... [read more]

Parliament opens (1925)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from 1925 shows the Governor of Victoria, Colonel George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, arriving by car at Parliament House, Melbourne to open Parliament. He salutes an Army Guard of Honour before entering Parliament House. After ... [read more]

‘Rally for justice’ (1995)

In a publicity stunt engineered by the radio station, a Perth 'shock jock’ radio announcer, Howard Sattler, invited his audience to a rally outside Parliament in 1991 to protest against juvenile crime. When Sattler is confronted with the reality that ... [read more]

‘Life’s a bugger’ (1976)

Caddie (Helen Morse) calls off her relationship with bookmaker Ted (Jack Thompson), after she is warned off by Ted’s steady girlfriend. At the boarding house where she lives, the landlord and his wife (Pat Evison) tell her she’ll have to ... [read more]

The little dragon must find his own way (1997)

Tabaluga is seeking his past and his destiny when he goes on his own to Dragon Mountain. Here he meets his father’s spirit and is given his name ‘Tabaluga’. [read more]

An offer they can’t refuse (1979)

Henderson (Charles 'Bud’ Tingwell) offers Eric Jackson (Terence Donovan) a proposition – give him two thirds of the $20 million he’s planning to steal from Darcys counting house, or lose his toes, one by one. Henderson then explains the deal ... [read more]

Burwood Road, Hawthorn (1906)

A point-of-view shot of a horse and cart travelling down Burwood Road, Hawthorn from the Glenferrie Hotel to the Tower Hotel captures scenes of daily life. At many points, curious and excited children wave their hats to the camera or ... [read more]

Conrad Martens’s New South Wales (1978)

Watercolourist Conrad Martens settled in NSW in 1835, remaining there until his death in 1878. He painted a valuable visual record of life in the young colony, and we see many examples of early Sydney. [read more]

Growing up in foster care (2005)

Jabe talks about her troubled early life over images of a model streetscape. She looms like a giant over the houses and walks through the streets, ankle deep in houses. [read more]

‘I don’t believe in women’s lib’ (1994)

Over footage of her daily activities, Christine Waters, 35 year-old stepmother to three teenage sons, talks about her life with Ces. She acknowledges that she went against her parent’s wishes when she married, at 17, a man 22 years older. [read more]

An open letter (2005)

Monica tells us why she felt obliged to make public her letter to her cousin, Cardinal George Pell, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. It’s a heart-rending appeal to a family member to treat her as a human being and ... [read more]

No more pretty shoes (2004)

Shah reveals the irony of having planted landmines as an Afghan soldier then subsequently being the victim of a mine. His wife, Habiba, has lost a leg to a mine and regrets that she can no longer wear pretty shoes. ... [read more]

Jimmy Little’s final word (1964)

In this clip Jimmy Little talks about the importance of the recently passed Civil Rights Bill in the Northern Territory, the destruction of Aboriginal peoples’ cultural landscape and way of life, the impact of pastoralism on their land, the role ... [read more]

A new life (1958)

New Adaminaby has been built further up the valley, well away from the flood waters that are slowly drowning the old town. The townsfolk speak with optimism about their future and seem to have accepted their fate with a rare ... [read more]

A project about kids (2006)

Marg is now involved in a very different mission, in charge of looking after street kids in a provincial Chinese city. She lives in an apartment and travels to work on a bus. It’s a far cry from her African ... [read more]

Sydney Olympics opening ceremony (2006)

Agnes joins a group of 350 Aboriginal women from the central desert to rehearse and then perform the inma kungkarangkalpa at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. [read more]

‘What are we fighting for?’ (1940)

Red (Grant Taylor) gives his horse some water during a long and tortuous patrol in the desert. An officer tells him to save it for himself. Red, Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) cool off on the dunes. They ... [read more]

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