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Along the Murray River, South Australia (1925)
From a high angle, the camera pans across a timber yard on the edge of the river. Shots of the submerged SS Mannum are shown with a helmeted diver salvaging the wreck. Views of the reclaimed river flats at Pompoota ... [read more]
Ride like never before (2005)
We are introduced to John Stacey and Dallas McNamara. The young rodeo riders talk about their passion for the sport, and John’s father Brenton is on hand to offer his son moral support. Dallas tells us how he started riding ... [read more]
Working at winning (1992)
This story, ‘Born Loser’, is set in the Wakadoo Café (puppets) dimension of Lift Off. Nearly, the woebegone waiter, loses at everything he does and he is sick of it. Zelda tells him he needs to work very hard at ... [read more]
This is not my past, I’m the future! (1999)
In the underground tunnels that the Nomads call the ‘Deep Road’, Noah (Jeffrey Walker) sees something familiar and realises this is actually the ruin of his home, North Col. His theory has been all wrong – he is not in ... [read more]
A couple dancing (c1939)
Tamara Toumanova, wearing a light coloured headpiece, lifts her head to camera. She and a male dancer together perform a brief routine on the grass outside of Murray-Will’s beach house. In a slow motion sequence, the pair continues their routine. ... [read more]
Travelling dogs (2006)
As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs in all different ... [read more]
The Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca (1945)
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj. They come by boat, on foot and on camel. On reaching Mecca, they gather at the holy Kaaba and begin their ... [read more]
Strange happenings (1988)
Eddie Cleary (Steven Vidler) discovers dead birds and a mysterious black circle in a field. His brother, Richard (Ritchie Singer), hears a high-pitched tone. Local cop Skinner (Vincent Gil) mocks Richard’s attempt to find water on his dry property. [read more]
Christine Jacobs’s story (2004)
Christine Jacobs, an Aboriginal woman from Western Australia, describes her childhood experience and the impact this has had on her adult life. [read more]
Everything is upside down (2006)
A sacred stone has been taken, and a child killed by a crocodile. An old woman explains, ‘Everything’s upside down now, it’s all wrong’. The old men meet and agree to contact the ‘number one Jungaiy for the crocodile dreaming’, ... [read more]
‘I can’t live without you’ (1994)
Savina (Tara Morice) tells Dazey (Ben Mendelsohn) she cannot live without him. [read more]
Harvesting the bark (1980)
Djiwul (Jack) Wunuwun cuts bark from a tree in the bush, with an axe. The narrator (David Gulpilil) says the best time to get the bark is in the wet season. [read more]
Alcohol, violence and a pathway forward (2011)
Local policeman Texas (Greg Tait) kicks off the first men’s group meeting in his small town in the Kimberley. Meanwhile in the city, TJ (Dean Daley-Jones) is at a pub. He tries ringing his son, Bullet, in the Kimberley but ... [read more]
‘Cologne’ (1978)
Madeleine (Chantal Contouri) introduces Angela (Sigrid Thornton) to Linsey (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a top advertising photographer. Linsey asks Angela to star in a cologne campaign. [read more]
Strength of mind (1993)
An inhabitant of the Kiribati Islands speaks about the rough seas and the boat capsizing, losing everything but a plastic hat, a piece of rope and a stick. There are interviews, re-enactments and footage of huge seas and storms. Another ... [read more]
‘The front office doesn’t believe in promises’ (1980)
After the transfer of prisoners in the middle of the night, Mr Norton (Max Phipps) comes to apologise to Jackson (Bryan Brown) for the breaking of the deal. Norton talks about the fear he felt as a young prison officer, ... [read more]
Park consultations (1998)
The Whites Creek Valley Park is under the jurisdiction of the Leichhardt Council in Sydney. The plans for the park have been in progress for 50 years. The council plans to demolish two houses and change the usage of part ... [read more]
Fear of ageing (1980)
Women, both old and young, attending the International Women’s Day (IWD) march in Sydney in 1980, talk about how they feel about getting old. [read more]
Elliott and Jessica ask for trouble (1981)
Jessica (Liz Alexander) teams up with Communist union leader Elliott (John Hargreaves) to try to stop the demolition of Angel Street. Elliott provokes a reaction from Collins (Allan Bickford), the casino operator who’s behind the intimidation. [read more]
Water and fire (2004)
Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He ... [read more]
