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‘I’ve come to ask for your forgiveness’ (1994)
Dale (David Field) has received a distressing letter from his girlfriend, Lorraine. He keeps a picture of her hidden in his cell. The prison officers trick him into believing that she has come to visit. Instead, the priest who beat ... [read more]
Hunting wombat (2006)
Wanda Miller talks about working with Gladys Miller to design language programs that will allow Wirangu to be taught in schools. Wanda’s grandchildren are Wirrangul through her husband. Wombat is the traditional food of the Wirangu people, and the children’s ... [read more]
Slum clearance (1987)
Mumma Darcy (Anne Phelan) and her friend and neighbour Mrs Campion (Lois Ramsey), are discussing the latest drama in the relationship between Princess Margaret and her great love, the divorced Group Captain Townsend, when they are confronted with the sight ... [read more]
Thursday Island cross-dressing (1937)
Soon after arriving on Thursday Island, Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) pays Mendoza (Ronald Whelan) 1,000 pounds for his boat and his house on the island. While the crowd follows Mendoza to the nearest hotel to knock down his cheque, Daubenny meets ... [read more]
Digging an oil well (c1923)
As the camera travels along a river, it captures oil rigs and wells built in the forested hillsides. This is followed by a closer shot of one of these wells. In a sequence which uses live-action and animated segments, a ... [read more]
Why? (2004)
A screen filled with water, red with the blood of the young Rosie. In voice-over, Rosie tells us she considered ending her life. [read more]
Escape (1999)
In a dramatic diversion, Noah (Jeffrey Walker) blows up the Sentinel, Tao’s spying radar device that has been tracking the Nomads. In the chaos, he and Sundance (Daniel Daperis) escape. Sutch (Daniel Daperis) is unable to stop his brother. [read more]
Chauvel’s cyclone (1949)
Shane (Michael Pate) rushes out into the forest during a cyclonic storm. The cattle have broken out of their pens and Cathie (Wendy Gibb) has ridden after them. A falling tree knocks her from her horse, and she stumbles and ... [read more]
Harbour view and rabbit stew (1982)
Angus (Ross O’Donovan), 14-year-old wanna be rock star manager with blue hair, tries to enlist interest in his songs from a local band, The Wombats. At home later, his nana (Pat Evison) rinses out the blue dye as boarder Mrs ... [read more]
Beatings (1990)
An amnesia-afflicted Australian soldier, Private Jimmy Fenton (John Polson), has finally remembered what happened prior to his brother’s death in the camp. He retells the story in court. His evidence is illustrated by the film’s first flashback, showing Captain Ikeuchi ... [read more]
Pay and conditions (1988)
Faith Bandler, an Indigenous woman, tells of her experience of the Women’s Land Army. [read more]
Alpine holiday (1932)
This clip shows the gathering of people, probably members of the Farey family, at an alpine lodge. They are all well dressed in suits and hats. [read more]
Queen Street and Victoria Bridge (1899)
This actuality footage shot in 1899 shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background. [read more]
Wedding (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Lettergram service as a replacement for the congratulatory telegram, traditionally sent to a couple just married. [read more]
Losing your head (1971)
Grant (Gary Bond) has succumbed to the temptation of two-up. Flushed with success, he sees the chance to win enough money to buy out his $1,000 bond with the education department. That would mean never going back to the one-room ... [read more]
Shearing and plotting (1933)
As the shearing reaches full speed at Waratah Station, the overseer Fletcher (Les Warton) tells Clive Sherrington (John Warwick) to deliver a package from the car when he goes to see Morgan. He jokes that it contains ‘baby food’ for ... [read more]
Caring for a pet is hard work! (2005)
B Max has invented a robotic rabbit to keep the white rabbit company but it doesn’t work. Razzles makes a list about how to look after the rabbit, and in an animated sequence each of the dogs shows what they ... [read more]
About my mother (2003)
AJ Rochester is a feisty thirty something who describes the day she met her birth mother and how surprised she was to discover it was the attractive woman who ran the local pub. [read more]
Language first (1991)
Freda Glynn (director of CAAMA) talks about broadcasting in Aboriginal languages in areas where Aboriginal languages are the first language spoken. Phillip Batty (deputy director of CAAMA) talks about utilizing the national satellite in a way useful to ... [read more]
‘I’m going to have to cut you short …’ (2002)
The CNNNN news team receive more live reports on the ‘Lunchgate’ saga, including insider interviews and expert opinions. [read more]
