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‘We can’t be beaten’ (2006)

A montage of black-and-white photos shows Luc and his mother at a younger age, and the suburban houses of Yagoona. Back in the present, we meet the team of friends – ex-junkie Boof (Jason McGoldrick); Terry the supermarket worker (Steven ... [read more]

A new Australian settlement (1949)

An Australian Landing Ship Tank, LST3501, arrives at Heard Island in late 1947 to establish an Australian base, for both strategic and scientific purposes. The men must initially unload everything by hand, until heavy equipment can be landed. They roll ... [read more]

Looking for horses (2001)

The stop-motion animated short Looking for Horses can be viewed here in its entirety. During a summer holiday, two sisters (voiced by Gabrielle Vening and Celesta Vinckier) discover the truth about the marriage of their parents (voiced by Christina Louis ... [read more]

Yvonne Kenny’s aria (2000)

Melissa Gainsford-Taylor, guest newsreader for day 15, describes to Roy (John Doyle) and HG (Greig Pickhaver) the atmosphere in the stadium from an athlete’s perspective. World-renowned Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny sings a hymn of praise to the athletes made popular ... [read more]

‘Make him show you’ (1968)

This is part two of a television advertisement for three Holden HK sports coupes: the Monaro, Monaro GTS and Monaro GTS 327. The advertisement includes a jingle and male voice-over. [read more]

‘Wearing out instead of rusting out’ (1978)

The Dulhuntys are going about their evening chores after a day on the lake. [read more]

Parcel Post (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and the Parcel Post service. [read more]

Iron battleships (2000)

HMS Warrior was built by the British in 1860 to be the most advanced and deadly warship of its time. She carried 26 guns, was fuelled by coal and could sail at 14 knots. The Warrior heralded a new ... [read more]

Two sisters (2002)

Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is preparing breakfast for her younger sister (Savannah Glynn-Braun). The younger sister complains about being sick and says she does not want to go to school. Marnie ignores her protests, and walks her to the bus stop, ... [read more]

Judgement day (2005)

A secret surfing competition has been set up between Anna (Mara Scherzinger) and Joe (Matt Rudduck) to determine which of them gets the coveted seventh spot in the Solar Blue Surf Academy. Joe has chosen The Gallows, a treacherous surfing ... [read more]

Clearing methods invited bushfire (1955)

The clip shows how the process of regular and repeated burning and clearing in the Snowy Mountains had caused a series of disastrous environmental events, leading inevitably to large tracts of unproductive land. [read more]

Blue mountains scenery (c1930)

Various scenes in and around the Blue Mountains are shown including: bathers in a pool; Leura gardens; holiday homes; Leura golf course; the Katoomba cascades and the Three Sisters rock formation. [read more]

Preparing for Passchendaele (1917)

Horse-drawn wagons and trucks move forward in the run-up to the Third Battle for Ypres (also known as Passchendaele), in September 1917. The road heads east from Ypres past Hellfire Corner, a famously dangerous place on the Menin Road. Hessian ... [read more]

Discovery is just a word (1984)

Historical footage of Indigenous people in both cultural activity and in the process of being institutionalised in the mission church. [read more]

Hitching a ride (2005)

The Huygens probe must release from the Cassini mother ship and begin its own exploration of Titan, the biggest of Saturn’s moons, offering scientists information which they hope will tell them more about the origins of the universe. [read more]

Lyons becomes prime minister (c1966)

In March 1931 Joe Lyons left the ruling Labor Party. He joined the new United Australia Party and became prime minister in January 1932. [read more]

A safe central spot (1986)

Alone in her flat at night, overlooking the harbour, Liz reads Marge Piercy, talks about her psychiatrist, and laments the loss by theft of Steve’s poems. Evoking the mind-states depicted in the film Gaslight, she ponders the vagaries of her ... [read more]

Someone else’s land (2005)

Joanne Garngulkpuy talks about why people come to Darwin. John Greatorex tells us the history of the missions in the area, and how the different clans that were centralised in the settlements ended up living on land belonging to other ... [read more]

European settlement in Byron Bay (1996)

The first European settlers in Byron Bay cut the 1,000-year-old cedars. They then farmed, and fished out the whales before moving to a more environmentally friendly attitude. [read more]

US military in Philippines (2005)

The US Clark Air Base in the Philippines was vacated after 45 years. A US army study found the area was polluted by solvents, acids, petrol and other toxic substances. Harry Kelso, environmental attorney and base closures consultant, and Tara ... [read more]

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