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Fiction of terra nullius (1997)

Peter Yu of the Yawuru and Bunuba, Kimberley Land Council, talks about Indigenous relationship to land and the High Court decision in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1. Paul Keating stresses the chance to ... [read more]

Making biscuit kisses and chocolate creams (c1926)

A man uses his body weight and a hook secured on a wall to stretch out the caramel toffee used to make flavoured Ernest Hillier ‘kisses’. The dough is then fed into a machine that is ‘almost human’ in which ... [read more]

D 2.51 (2006)

After a futile attempt to speak to the Department of Debt over the phone, Woodman sets out to see them in person. [read more]

Furious five (2005)

The final and deciding round of the competition, ’Furious Five’, involves a quick-fire series of questions with free-for-all buzzer action. [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]

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]

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]

‘A metre of tulle’ (1989)

The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet. [read more]

Threshing at Allora (1899)

Farm workers feed wheat sheaves into a threshing machine. A conveyor belt transports the processed wheat to a large stack. In the foreground, a team of horses brings a loaded cart of wheat to the machine. [read more]

‘It doesn’t belong to us’ (2000)

The Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council are holding their executive meeting. The women express their objection to the presence and abuse of substances in their communities. [read more]

Merauke, Dutch New Guinea (c1925)

Members of the cast and crew from The Jungle Woman (1926) stroll through a small village in Merauke with some of the locals cast as extras in the film. A man hands an object to a villager and then Frank ... [read more]

‘Would you stay with me tonight?’ (2000)

After they’ve witnessed the disinterment of Andreas’s wife’s grave together, Andreas (Charles Tingwell) and Claire (Julia Blake) walk on the pier at sunset. Andreas asks Claire to stay with him overnight and she agrees without hesitation. They go to his ... [read more]

Decision time (2007)

Filmmaker Janet Merewether discusses the year she was born and what the situation for women was at the time. The film then shifts to a highly stylised scene of the filmmaker with a suitcase standing outside a toy house and ... [read more]

Four overboard (2007)

Something rams into the dinghy and all four occupants are thrown into the water. Jim (Ben Oxenbould) disappears; the others panic. Adam (Andy Rodoreda) is shouting about a crocodile and tells Grace (Diana Glenn) to climb a nearby tree. She ... [read more]

Naughty creature – trying to escape? (1990)

Agnes (Melanie Boomer) the young maid is grumpy about the hard work she has to do while Ada (Christen Cornell) sleeps on in her warm bed. Martha (Judith Stratford) the housekeeper behaves very strangely, giving Ada the creeps. [read more]

Introducing Jack and Henty (2007)

This clip shows two elders, Donald Kemarr Thompson and Alec Petyarr Peterson, walking through the landscape, talking about why it is important for them to tell this story. A map of the country shows where the incidents occurred. They introduce ... [read more]

200 to 1 (2003)

Jockey Bernie Cooper speaks to the owner of the racehorse Gentle Genius as she prepares to race it. The race starts, she pulls ahead, and the owners get very excited when she finishes in second place. Back in her change ... [read more]

50 years of bad luck (1999)

Dexter the evil octopus has stolen the ancient stone, believing that it will help him gain the power he desires. Flipper and Lopaka have different plans. [read more]

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