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A family of artists (1980)
Using ochres, clay and charcoal as his paints, Jack Wunuwun sits and paints. His wife Margaret leaves the baby with Jack as she and the other women go off to collect pandanus leaves for weaving into baskets. The women also ... [read more]
Guilty until proven innocent (1998)
Barrister Liz Gaynor has defended people accused of rape. She says rape is difficult to prove. More cases are getting to court as the charge is considered a serious crime, and current policy is to follow through on any charges. ... [read more]
In a bind (2007)
The clamp has come off the Shepherds’ family car and the electricity is back on for the Edwards family. Now for the hard part. The Edwards can’t seem to bring their energy consumption down because there are seven of them ... [read more]
Training circus animals (1993)
We see lions being trained. Trainer Stafford Bullen says the same techniques are used to train lions and tigers and domestic cats. [read more]
Régis Lansac (1995)
Adelaide based choreographer Meryl Tankard, the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre, and her husband, photographer Régis Lansac, talk about how they met. Meryl says their relationship has helped her to appreciate life. [read more]
Democracy in action (2006)
Standing in the House of Representatives Chamber in Old Parliament House, actor Michael Caton provides the context for early newsreels in Australia. This is followed by a Paramount Gazette newsreel from 1929 that shows ex-Prime Minister Stanley Bruce leaving Parliament ... [read more]
Major prize round (1990)
The final, major prize round starts with host John Burgess recapping the prizes on offer to new carry-over champion Mark. Mark fails to solve the final word puzzle. He goes home prize-less but will return for tomorrow’s 2000th show, and ... [read more]
‘It’s hard to say goodbye’ (1972)
It’s the final Thursday show and although the pantomime story will conclude on Friday, host Sue Donovan must say goodbye to Samson the Cat (operated and voice by Ernie Bourne), who sings a melancholy goodbye song. Sue and Samson then ... [read more]
Cotton chippers (2002)
Vaughn (Damian Pitt) and Lena (Dannielle Hall) are given a lift down the road by a car of cotton chippers. [read more]
Tiddly Pete (1957)
Wharfie Tiddly Pete (Jock Levy) is drinking at the Royal Oak Hotel when he should be reporting for work at the waterfront. He leaves the pub drunk and stumbles across the road into the traffic. On his way down to ... [read more]
‘A typical Chinese face’ (2005)
Ricky Wong (Chris Lilley) rehearses with director Frieda (Frieda McKenna), musical director Chung (Chung Jade Koh) and the Chinese theatre group for their upcoming production of Indigeridoo: The Musical, about the Indigenous history of Australia. [read more]
‘Cop that, you rotten Pommy bastard’ (1972)
Temporarily detained in a psychiatric hospital, Bazza (Barry Crocker) shows his displeasure with an inquisitive psychiatrist (Barry Humphries) by demonstrating the meaning of the 'technicolour yawn’. [read more]
A firefighter’s work is never done (1995)
The trainees are seen mopping up and cleaning cars. Cleaning up and sweeping the station are an essential part of a firefighter’s work. [read more]
‘That’s your English Class’ (1993)
Violence erupts in the playground as new Vietnamese student Jack (Tai Nguyen) gets unintentionally involved in the ongoing tensions between ‘Aussie’ Rivers (Scott Major) and his gang and ‘Wog’ Nick (Alex Dimitriades) and his friends. Meanwhile in the staffroom the ... [read more]
Family Law Act (1995)
Filmmaker Don Parham questions the effectiveness of the Family Law Act enacted in 1975. He compares the reality of divorce in society with his personal experience. [read more]
Annual road race (c1918)
This clip shows highlights from the annual challenge road race for the Professor Anderson Stuart Cup. Competitors run from Double Bay to Rose Bay in Sydney’s harbour suburbs. They are shown at the start of the race, and then later ... [read more]
Happy in a Holden (1962)
This clip shows a father standing next to his Holden in the parking lot outside an AFL match. He has brought his sons to watch Collingwood play. The man is interviewed about his Holden station sedan. The ... [read more]
Westbrook Farm Home (1950)
The boys at Westbrook Farm Home for Boys in Queensland’s southeast sleep in open wards. The dormitories are connected to a main dining room where they gather for meals. The superintendent and his wife keep watch over the Home’s inhabitants. ... [read more]
Codenamed Breakaway (1956)
The explosion of Breakaway, one of the four nuclear fission bombs tested at Maralinga between September and October 1956. [read more]
Searching for Manganinnie’s people (1980)
Manganinnie (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) searches for her tribe. Joanna (Anna Ralph) drops the fire stick in the ocean. [read more]
