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‘Treaty’ (1991)
‘Treaty’ was one of the singles lifted from Yothu Yindi’s ‘Tribal Voice’ album, released in 1991. This is an excerpt from the first verse and chorus. [read more]
Against narrative (1992)
Academic Michael Jennings discusses Benjamin’s ideas about narrative in the context of the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early ‘30s. This is juxtaposed with early ‘90s street scenes from a newly unified Berlin, including the partly destroyed Berlin Wall. ... [read more]
Thinking about hormones (1995)
The man (Syd Brisbane) laughs at the way his life is turning out, as the woman (Ulli Birvé) keeps changing locales, at her whim, from desert to forest to mountaintop. She suggests they need to have ‘a relationship’, for which ... [read more]
Worlds apart (1999)
In the underground world of North Col, Noah’s sister Becky (Kate Keltie) helps Dr Pretorius (Gerard Kennedy) try to work out what has happened to Noah (Jeffrey Walker). At the same time, Noah is trying to rescue Sundance (Daniel Daperis) ... [read more]
Blackfella church (2005)
Tommy E Lewis talks about Frog Dreaming, and becomes passionate about the Dreaming as a religious belief, and the sacrilege committed by Western culture in their destruction of the land. Tommy arrives at Tennant Creek. [read more]
‘Don’t hurt her anymore’ (2011)
The women at Temple House refuge have a get-together in one of the rooms. They drink, sing and talk, acknowledging each other’s pain and sharing in the pleasure of their company. [read more]
Water runs red (1993)
Rick climbs out of the window of the cinema and runs through the swamp. Sitting on the bed with his two sisters, he distributes the candy he has stolen from the cinema. Two white children pass by and ask the ... [read more]
Voodoo and Snoz (2003)
In this episode, seen here in full, Hoota and Snoz sit down to breakfast and Snoz finds a mini Hoota novelty item in the cereal pack. Whatever he does to the mini Hoota happens to the real Hoota. Hoota looks ... [read more]
Return to El Salvador (1993)
After six months back in El Salvador, Carlos Robles has been training farmers and ex-guerrillas to become teachers within their own communities. Carlos expresses to the camera what this work means to him. His wife Maria observes his work and ... [read more]
‘One penny per tintinnabulation’ (1956)
Reverend Lambeth (Ralph Richardson) stops to top up his overheating car radiator and is greeted by Smiley (Colin Petersen) and his best friend Joey (Bruce Archer). Smiley has a bruised cheek from a fight; the Reverend approves of what he ... [read more]
‘She’s exhausting’ (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) are at a house-warming party. Gordon has just discovered that the woman he has had a crush on since he was 12 has been having sex in one of the bedrooms. Cynthia drags ... [read more]
Rail bus (c1936)
Men are gathered around a rail bus that sits at the depot. An elevated camera captures a rail bus as it pulls out of the depot and travels along the rail tracks out towards the main road. [read more]
Good mates (2005)
Craig Hamilton suffered a breakdown in 2000. He needed a good mate to talk to about the possibility of going public with his story. He found that friend in Paul Harrigan, the great Newcastle football legend. [read more]
Logan lets off steam (1983)
Lila (Robyn Nevin) and her husband George (Peter Whitford) rush to the train station. Logan (John Hargreaves) is leaving town, without signing the papers which would allow them to adopt his son, PS. Logan is drunk, along with Lila’s sister ... [read more]
Corporate image (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image. [read more]
Bondi Surf Carnival (c1929)
This clip documents the spectacle of a large surf carnival on Bondi Beach in approximately 1929. The surf clubs march on the sand and lifesavers give a resuscitation demonstration. [read more]
‘Men are your enemies!’ (1978)
Young Black Beauty’s contentment is challenged by his angry stablemate, Ginger, who is very mistrustful of humans. This good life will not last for ever, she explains. A horse’s fortune is always dependent on the master, who can sell a ... [read more]
‘Be elusive but don’t walk far’ (2005)
Eddie visits the site of a proposed major development to take soil contamination samples. He remembers his childhood sweetheart Amanda (Casey Peterson), whose father is the developer behind this new project. As he works, a crop-dusting helicopter gives him a ... [read more]
Spirit work (1996)
Night-time. A man behind the wheel of a car. A desolate road. In voice-over, Shane Francis (David Ngoombujarra) talks about the spirits that are present in the work he does as a field officer for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal ... [read more]
Matchmaking (1972)
At choir practice in the Mayfair Hotel, publican Mick Cassidy (John Meillon) introduces Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) to local farmer Shirley Marshall (Maggie Fitzgibbon). Her brother, Pete (Peter Whittle), is not impressed. [read more]
