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Gold tax (2005)
In Victoria in the 1850s the introduction of a gold license was extremely unpopular. Although many diggers wanted it abolished immediately, the question of the license could not be separated from more complex questions about government revenue and taxation policy. ... [read more]
Changeover at Mawson, 1960 (1961)
Work begins as soon as the ship Thala Dan arrives at Mawson Station, early in 1960. A total of 33 men are to spend a year in Antarctica at Australia’s first two bases, Davis and Mawson. At Mawson, they begin ... [read more]
Two men, two boats, one woman (1989)
Australian naval officer John Ingram (Sam Neill) leaves his wife Rae (Nicole Kidman) in charge on their yacht Saracen, while he investigates the stricken schooner Orpheus. To his horror, the ship is full of body parts. As he rushes back, ... [read more]
Railcar and swimming (c1926)
This clip contains two sequences. In the first, a railmotor pulls around a corner and passes by the camera before pulling into a station. Various shots of this scene show different aspects of the station. A second sequence shows a ... [read more]
Gay days by the pool (2001)
Miguel knows he can find his friends at Prahran pool if it is a fine day. He never swims but has a full social life. [read more]
‘Punch a postie’ (1991)
Vietnam veterans Rowan Marsh and Peter Stainthorpe recollect the anti-Vietnam demonstrations with ambivalence. They explain that when unions put a go-slow on mail delivery to soldiers in Vietnam as part of the protest, that was too much and the 'punch ... [read more]
Water and fire (2004)
Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He ... [read more]
’You could even pass for a blackfella’ (2001)
After bonding over afros and basketball Lisa (Phaedra Nicolaidis) and Marlene (Maria Tusa) devise a plan for Lisa to play on the All Blacks basketball team. The girls win the game and Lisa is in high spirits but still can’t ... [read more]
Vlad writes letters from space (1999)
Vlad the chimp astronaut walks across the sterile interior of his spacecraft. In his darkened room, he writes another letter home, which he files in a drawer with other, unsent letters. Vlad sits at a console, dwarfed by the letters ... [read more]
Holiday lifestyles (c1922)
The holiday accommodation in Sorrento is shown, along with tennis courts and gardens. A title card ‘all the girls are lovely by the seaside’ introduces men in their swimming trunks and women with parasols relaxing on the beach. A group ... [read more]
Delegates 2 (1928)
This clip, shot outside Melbourne Trades Hall, shows individual shots of key Labor personalities attending the 1928 Victorian party’s Easter conference. [read more]
Burgess Tannery (1906)
A fixed camera shows employees emerging from the entrance to the Burgess Tannery for their lunch break. Many of the employees smile, tip their hats, wave or mock fight for the camera. The men range in age from young boys ... [read more]
Teamwork (1998)
Alex (Nicki Wendt) asks the kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) to combine their individual ideas to create one character. After a lot of arguing they finally achieve ... [read more]
‘Wrong about everything’ (1997)
The ship’s engineer, a South African racist called Klipper (Richard Carter) has a plan to blow the ship by wetting the barrels of carbide, and using his model aeroplane as a trigger. In the galley, the cook (Yaw Glymin) tells ... [read more]
Freshwater crocodiles (1933)
This clip shows freshwater crocodiles on a riverbank in Australia’s tropical north. A man carrying a rifle crawls along on his stomach to hunt the sleeping reptiles. On seeing him, the crocodiles head for the nearby lagoon but not before ... [read more]
Road traps (1974)
Sir Laurence Hartnett is the former managing director of GMH. He comments that our roads are still a trap for drivers, with lanes suddenly merging without warning and inappropriate road signs that confuse and frustrate the driver, ... [read more]
‘Everybody’s free to feel good’ (2006)
Mr Jonathon’s dancers have had ten minutes to regroup after Tenille has collapsed on stage in the grand final. Their routine leaves the audience gasping – especially Miss Elizabeth (Jane Hall), who’s appalled at the political grandstanding in Mr Jonathon’s ... [read more]
Aborigines’ Advancement League (2008)
Historians Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation and Professor Gordon Briscoe of the Maraduntjara Nation discuss the situation of Aboriginal people in south-east Australia in the 1930s, with particular reference to the incarceration of children for labour. Narrator Rachel ... [read more]
Before school (1951)
Children make their way to school. On arrival, they realise their dog has followed them. Before lessons begin, school banking deposits are taken in the classroom by the children’s teacher Mr Lowe. Mr Phillips, of the Commonwealth Savings Bank, arrives ... [read more]
What is a Neo-con? (2003)
Jim Lobe is the Bureau Chief of Inter Press Service and he’s on his way to an event at which Richard Pearl is to speak. He’s the star of the American Enterprise Group’s seminar held in Washington in 2003 to ... [read more]
