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Tarn Shan Tin Mine (c1928)

This clip begins with a sign which says 'Tarn Shan Tin Mine’. The camera pans across the mountainside, showing a man pulling a bucket from a well, local workers standing on large wooden barrels and the expatriate men who run ... [read more]

Introducing Fred Hollows (1992)

A quick film portrait of Australia’s famous eye surgeon, using a montage of archival media coverage from the time when Hollows was made Australian of the Year. [read more]

Imperial Tractors stock (1937)

This clip from a silent black-and-white Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement shows a portion of the tractor stock at the AH McDonald & Co Imperial Tractors warehouse. [read more]

Lake Lodge Holiday (1959)

The competition continues with the final question of a second round as contestant Evan answers a series of general knowledge questions. Host Reg Grundy introduces Evan’s next opponent, Mrs Purdy of South Curl Curl. [read more]

Balinese paranormal (2003)

Natalie’s Balinese husband, John, was killed in the Bali bombing. Natalie consulted a paranormal to make contact with her dead husband and help come to terms with her loss. [read more]

First game (1995)

The newly formed under-16 soccer team from Melbourne’s Clifton Hill Soccer Club play their first game against a better Turkish team. Their coach, Alex Facos, gives them a pep talk. [read more]

Phar Lap’s hide (2004)

In the 1930s, a New Zealand-born horse called Phar Lap won the hearts of Australians and became one of our most loved and enduring icons. [read more]

Antarctic vigil (1952)

You can view Antarctic Vigil here in its entirety. An Australian ship lumbers south through heavy seas towards Antarctica. At the forbidding Balleny Islands, claimed by New Zealand, the inaccessible terrain forbids a landing. King penguin chicks covered in down ... [read more]

Lux Radio Theatre (1994)

In interview, Ruth Cracknell recalls the making of a radio drama in front of a live audience. Historical footage from a 1948 Cinesound newsreel item of a live performance of the radio play The Grant Case at the Lux Radio ... [read more]

And then there were nun (1992)

Former Sisters talk about their reasons for leaving the order. Some realised as they approached 30 that they wanted to have a family after all, others saw that the world was accepting women in a broader range of roles than ... [read more]

Shark attack in Georges River (1939)

This clip shows Beryl Morrin who had both her arms amputated after a shark attack in the Georges River on New Years Day, 1935. She was only 13 at the time. Four years after the attack, Beryl is shown riding ... [read more]

Pulling down houses (1974)

In the streets of inner-city Sydney, residents gather to protest against the demolition of their houses and the dissipation of their local community. As a local strums on his guitar and sings a protest ballad, we then see a montage ... [read more]

Porcupine Dreaming (2011)

A group of men smoke cannabis and talk about their totem animals. Ten-year-old Daniel (Daniel Connors) sits watching and listening to the men talking, and asks Linden (Christoper Edwards) about one of the paintings on the wall. When Daniel responds ... [read more]

Illywhacker (1986)

The unreliable narrator Herbert Badgery (Les Foxcroft) sits behind bars in a pet shop. He tells a tale – which he acknowledges is a lie – about the goanna seen in the opening image. But Herbert has a larger, possibly ... [read more]

Palermo 10 (2004)

In this section, Palermo: ‘History’ Standing Still catches up with itself. It represents 1999, the year the film’s footage was shot. [read more]

What’s she doing in your bedroom at 7 am? (2004)

In the middle of the night, Hannah (Lynn Styles) comes though the portal from Ireland and arrives in Brett’s (Zachary Garred) bedroom in Perth at 7 am. She soon finds herself trying to explain to Brett’s mother Jackie (Kirsty Hillhouse) ... [read more]

My father’s land (2000)

Teddy Briscoe makes the journey to buy horses with his family. Teddy tells us that Atekerr is his father’s country. [read more]

A future governor-general (1961)

The very first Four Corners opens with vox pops in a busy Sydney street, asking people whether a future governor-general should be British or Australian. The reporter is Bob Sanders. [read more]

Hula girl (c1955)

A Polynesian woman dressed in a red bikini top and long grass skirt gracefully demonstrates a hula dance for the camera which records it in slow-motion. [read more]

Riding bikes (c1940)

This clip shows three young children riding their bicycles with their father down a suburban street in Balwyn, Victoria. One of the girls rides on the handlebars of her father’s bike. [read more]

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