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Land rights (2004)
John Safran identifies a tendency among left-wing people in inner Melbourne to put signs on their houses acknowledging the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of the land. He gets a group of local Aboriginal people (Lou Bennet, Corleen Cooper, ... [read more]
Kate meets some suitable men (1997)
Kate consults the Classique Introduction Agency. Margaret interviews her and suggests that she needs to be realistic, flexible yet selective in her choice. Kate is shown some prospective men on videotape. Later, Kate is ambivalent about her chances of finding ... [read more]
Kangaroo to kangaroo (1983)
Explorer Dick Smith is on a round-the-world solo flight by helicopter. He is flying over Saudi Arabia when he radios a passing Qantas jet bound for London on the Kangaroo Route. QF2 provides Smith with some weather information. [read more]
Echidna birth (1995)
The echidna is born as an egg and attaches itself to the underbelly of its mother. [read more]
The children’s plays (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about how she came to write her collection of children’s plays. [read more]
Building construction (1899)
This actuality footage from 1899 shows workers carrying away rubble in wheelbarrows from a demolition site. As a man on the site watches, the wall they’ve just been working in front of crashes down. [read more]
Moon echoes (1950)
This clip explains how radio signals are sent to the moon and reflected back. It begins with exterior footage of the Radio Australia headquarters in Shepparton, Victoria where radio signals are sent to a receiving station at Hornsby, New South ... [read more]
‘Most children adore Vegemite’ (c1948)
As young mothers take their children to baby health centres, clinics and day nurseries around the country, a male voice-over outlines the good work that these places are doing for young Australians. In the waiting room of a baby health ... [read more]
‘Big sister make money for family’ (2007)
Crystal (Emma Lung) is interviewed after her rescue. Agent Mollica (Damien Richardson) tries to be sympathetic, but these federal policemen remind her of the men she has seen as a prostitute. Crystal tells them her real name and how she ... [read more]
You’re dropped (1981)
After a brief period as Bruce’s girlfriend, Debbie (Nell Schofield) discovers she is ‘dropped’ – by a message delivered by Strach (Ned Lander) via Cheryl (Leander Brett). Debbie and Sue (Jad Capelja) get very drunk before going to a party. ... [read more]
‘I’m gonna take her to Surfer’s Paradise’ (1998)
Della (Gillian Jones) exercises to music in her living room while her boyfriend Dale (Aaron Blabey) discusses a robbery with his friend Nigel (Stephen Curry) in her kitchen. When Dale and Nigel establish that they need money upfront for the ... [read more]
Ten cent postage (1974)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) informing the public of a new system for paying postage on domestic mail, dependent upon size and shape. [read more]
‘Along the Road to Gundagai’ (1931)
In his only filmed performance, composer and performer Jack O’Hagan recites his most famous composition, 'Along the Road to Gundagai’ (1922) as part of the Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts. [read more]
‘All heart and guts’ (1956)
The chartered Danish ship Kista Dan prepares to leave Melbourne for the 1955 resupply voyage to Antarctica. The new Officer-in-Charge for the coming year at Mawson, John Bechervaise, stows his kit for the long journey ahead. Expedition leader Phillip Law ... [read more]
Hula show, Hawaii (c1977)
This performance by Hawaiian dancers is part of a hula show staged for tourists and sponsored by Kodak. This clip shows the last half of the performance and the applauding crowd at the end. [read more]
Adults behaving like children (1996)
The mother (Celine O’Leary) loses patience with her daughter’s silence, declaring that she won’t live in a pigsty any longer. The father (Paul Blackwell) tries to cheer her up with an offer to cook – but the mother has the ... [read more]
Malay military parade (c1930)
This clip shows troops from the Malayan Volunteer Corps marching in formation from their barracks to a parade ground. [read more]
Jonah (2007)
After attending a conference on EBPSM – Extreme Behavioural Problem Student Management – student welfare officer Doug Peterson (David Lennie) decides to give Jonah (Chris Lilley) greater responsibility in the hope that he will 'rise to the challenge’. He ... [read more]
Truth and lies (1982)
Kate (Judy Davis) and Steve (Richard Moir) have become allies and lovers, united by the disappearance of Mary Ford. In bed, Kate tells him she blew up the bulldozers on his building site a year earlier. Before he can work ... [read more]
Women and Buddhism (2001)
Traditionally women are seen as unclean and an obstacle to a monk’s development as a Buddhist. This is the story of Thailand’s first female monk who fights for the rights of women Buddhists, against the old system. [read more]
