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Myree’s potential (1984)
Myree Shoesmith is 15 years old and living in the country. Her art teacher, Ross Monley, sees potential in her work but Myree chooses to leave school. [read more]
The dismissal (1978)
Former Governor-General Sir John Kerr talks about using the reserve powers of the Australian Constitution to dismiss the government. He has never resiled from his actions and says he would do the same again today. [read more]
The final straw (2003)
Tommy‘s (Jason McGoldrick) third job interview, this time as a cleaner. He’s much less naive about the widespread prejudice against Cabramatta than he was in his first two interviews, being more confident and quicker to question the interviewer (Luke Peters) ... [read more]
‘My foot against the back of your neck’ (2001)
Jim Doyle (David Wenham) has been hired by Centabank to perfect his research into how to predict the stock market. The bank’s senior research analyst Vincent (Greg Stone) sets up a series of preliminary tests, but chief executive Simon (Anthony ... [read more]
The big time (1968)
In one of the first big swells on the north shore of Hawaii in January 1968, the cream of the world’s surfers gather to size each other up at Haleiwa. [read more]
The Johnnies and the Mehmets (2006)
A bus tour of Australians is on its way to Anzac Cove and the guide tells us the story of the Turkish losses. Ninety thousand Turks lost their lives and modern Turkey emerged under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, the ... [read more]
New sailors board the Tingira (1916)
New recruits to the Royal Australian Navy are rowed to the Tingira, their training ship, in Sydney Harbour. They are sworn in, measured and given their kit, after a brief sighting by the captain. Their training has begun. [read more]
First clean your pig (1979)
The slaughtered pig is washed and shaved with care. It is then hung up and beheaded in the traditional way of slaughtering pigs. [read more]
Meet the Squander Bug (1945)
This animated propaganda film from 1945 was used to persuade Australians to invest their savings in the national war chest. The Squander Bug, complete with a large stomach covered in swastikas, is told by Hitler 'Make them waste their money. ... [read more]
The mine in the jungle (1958)
The Chauvels have gained entrance to one of the well-guarded secrets of 1950s Australia: Rum Jungle, a uranium mine said to be the richest in the world. [read more]
‘The time is now and the car is Holden’ (1966)
A woman lies on a beach, dreamily relaxing under her hat. A Holden HR sedan is parked on the sand nearby. The woman runs to the car, which is filmed from different angles to show off its new exterior and ... [read more]
It’s a multicultural world (2004)
In the heart of Italian Leichhardt, Robyn Touchard is a chef whose family hails from Mauritius, the large island off the coast of Africa. She moves easily between her family’s cooking tradition and that of her husband, whose parents are ... [read more]
Husband (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) is in his office at K for Kleen Dry-cleaning when he gets a call from his new girlfriend Carmen Francis (Belinda McClory). She has shocking news and, despite the misgivings of his employees Stella Kinsella (Alison ... [read more]
APEC motorcade (2007)
Julian Morrow, playing a security guard, leads a fake Canadian motorcade into the APEC restricted area, carrying Chas Licciardello dressed as Osama Bin Laden. [read more]
The POW Street Adoption Scheme (c1941)
In a direct address to the camera, Governor of Queensland Sir Leslie Wilson appeals to Queenslanders to support the Red Cross Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. He appeals to individuals, communities and businesses to participate so that prisoners can ... [read more]
Bridging the Parramatta River (1967)
Children play on the banks of a stream west of Sydney where the Parramatta River begins. A coloured beach ball tossed into the stream floats down the waterway which becomes a river then runs into Sydney Harbour. As the beach ... [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]
Love at first sight (2003)
Term has just ended at Rimside High School and students stream through the school gates. Last out is Beau. He’s melancholy at the thought of the lonely holiday ahead – that is, until he catches sight of Bec, the bike ... [read more]
In the seaplane (1931)
Heading westward along the Antarctic coastline from King George V land, the Discovery is held up by dense pack ice. The Gypsy Moth seaplane is launched to survey what lies ahead and report back its findings. Hurley films from both ... [read more]
First class or business? (2002)
After being told that her dead husband’s business has collapsed, widow Gabrielle King (Fiona Terry) and her pompous, daughter Gemma (Hollie Chapman) learn that they have inherited a property in Australia. Gemma is devastated but younger brother Gregory (Liam Hess) ... [read more]
