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‘Wearing out instead of rusting out’ (1978)
The Dulhuntys are going about their evening chores after a day on the lake. [read more]
Dreams (1984)
A young girl practises the piano and dreams of becoming a renowned concert pianist whilst her cat dances, juggles and dreams of fish. [read more]
Go on Willy, run to your mum (2009)
This clip introduces Willy (Rocky McKenzie), the lead character; Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), his love interest; Lester (Dan Sultan), his romantic rival; and Willy’s mother Theresa (Ningali Lawford-Wolf). Torn between his love for Rosie and a strong sense of responsibility to ... [read more]
‘An extension of your personality’ (1988)
Time-based portraits at a family home and Housing Commission flats in Erskineville and Redfern. [read more]
‘Nothing to call our own’ (1977)
Jack and Gary, two drifters in a stolen car, have picked up a young woman, Anna (Julie McGregor) at an outback service station. At Gary’s home reserve, Anna talks to an Aboriginal woman (Essie Coffey) about the causes of Aboriginal ... [read more]
Termite string (2001)
A woman shows us how to find termites by following the termite string to the termite bed in the spinifex grass. She shows the young children the termite eggs. She tells us that they rub the children’s tummy by mixing ... [read more]
‘I come from the future’ (1987)
Geologist Annie (Nikki Coghill) helps wounded time traveller Petra (Carrie Fisher). Petra convinces Ballard (Tom Burlinson) to tell Annie about their mission. Annie tentatively agrees to help. [read more]
Family (2001)
In this clip paintings and re-enactments are intercut with interview footage to show what happened to the Indigenous people (family members of the people telling the story). The family are walking through the country in which their old people were ... [read more]
Legend of dugong (1980)
An elder sits with children around him. He is telling the children about the legend of the dugong, and of a small boy who left his human family to become a dugong. [read more]
Battle camp (1983)
As the diggers walked the trails towards the Palmer River near Cooktown at Cape York, the local Aboriginal people were determined to preserve their country from the intruders. The diggers were just as determined to kill anyone who might get ... [read more]
Message (1988)
Mrs Millie Boyd tells the story over re-enactment. She describes how the people sent for Leo, a famous warrior in his time, who trained with his two dogs. Leo’s wife would sing a special song that helped him in battle. ... [read more]
No work (1982)
We see all the characters in a typical day – babysitting, doing house work, going to the dole office, eating fish and chips at the beach and shopping for hair dye. [read more]
Postpak (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its Postpak products. [read more]
Coober Pedy (1940)
A pan across the sparse, rocky landscape of Coober Pedy reveals the underground dwellings of its residents. Although Coober Pedy is over 400 miles (almost 650 kilometres) inland, the commentator notes that sea shells are plentiful in this ‘under-the-ground town’. ... [read more]
Mechanise and modernise (1957)
To compete with the cheap price of oil, the coal industry was forced to modernise and mechanise the coal pits with equipment that displaced workers. The narration by Leonard Teale describes the subsequent high unemployment and voices the frustrations of ... [read more]
Soot-blackened arrows (1988)
At a village gathering, the father of a wounded Ganiga man, shot by a Gaimelka man, has a stand-off with a Lutheran pastor who had been trying to calm things down. Taking no notice of the pastor, the Ganiga men ... [read more]
North Shore steam ferry (1899)
This actuality footage shows a steam ferry docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. Workers prepare to receive the ferry as passengers on board ready for disembarkation. [read more]
Second skin (2003)
A Balinese woman, badly burnt in the bombing of a Kuta nightclub, has been evacuated to Royal Perth Hospital. She is being treated by Dr Fiona Wood and the inventor of Second Skin, Jenni Ballantyne. [read more]
Four types of mail (1966)
The clip explains the four types of mail to be sorted and the way in which the postal sorting officers and the customs officers, at the new Redfern Mail Exchange, work in conjunction with the mechanised sorting equipment. [read more]
Menzies home movies (2006)
This montage of clips from the Menzies Home Movie Collection features footage from Menzies’ wartime tour in 1941, including Tobruk, Palestine, Cairo, Jerusalem, Khartoum and England during the Blitz. It ends with close-ups of the ‘Rulers of England’ including the ... [read more]
