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‘Do you believe in God?’ (2005)
At a Saturday morning cricket match, Nick (William McInnes) asks his colleague Andy (Anthony Hayes), the journalist who covered the death on the train tracks the night before, if he believes in God. Andy glares at him, like he has ... [read more]
‘We don’t like Hendersons’ (1985)
In their local café hangout, the gang drink Coke, chat and play pinball. Ted Morgan (Ben Mendelsohn), son of a striking mill worker, looks forward to the ‘fireworks’ which will result from a walk out at the mill owned by ... [read more]
A double life unravels (2007)
Esther Blueburger (Danielle Catanzariti) is wandering the streets alone at night, very upset about a motorbike accident involving Sunni’s mother, Mary. She returns home after midnight. As she comes in the front door of the family home she is confronted ... [read more]
Stringybark Creek (2003)
Ned (Heath Ledger), Dan Kelly (Laurence Kinlan), Steve Hart (Philip Barantini) and Joe Byrne (Orlando Bloom) lie in wait at the police bush camp near Stringybark Creek. Ned has already shot Constable Lonigan (Peter Phelps) after the policeman refused to ... [read more]
Hay citizens’ band (1993)
As the current Hay Citizens’ Band marches and plays, we learn about its 96-year history through stills and archival footage of soldiers leaving for the First World War. [read more]
‘A lot to talk about’ (1977)
Len (Bryan Brown) has come down to Sydney on the train, from Newcastle. In the cafeteria at Central Station, he asks Barbara (Kris McQuade) if she wants him back. [read more]
Good mates (2005)
Craig Hamilton suffered a breakdown in 2000. He needed a good mate to talk to about the possibility of going public with his story. He found that friend in Paul Harrigan, the great Newcastle football legend. [read more]
‘I wish I could understand you’ (1968)
When two Aboriginal men take her by the arms to lead her away from a contaminated waterhole, Clancy is initially scared. However when they offer her fresh water and something to eat at their camp she realises their good intent ... [read more]
Walkabout (2002)
After a screening of Walkabout (1971) in a cinema, David is speaking to fans at the cinema. Interviews with Justine Saunders, Gary Foley, Professor Marcia Langton and David Stratton give background information to both Indigenous cinema and David’s influence ... [read more]
A scenario we’ve long feared (2002)
Members of the CNNNN news team (Craig Reucassel, Julian Morrow) report breaking news on a high-speed car chase in Los Angeles. [read more]
Unity is strength (1987)
Premier Bjelke-Petersen says the union protest will be a 'fizzer’ and adds in his own inimitable style, 'don’t be bulldozed into anything that you don’t want to be bulldozed into’. Unionists protest outside Queensland Parliament and are arrested under the ... [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]
Robbery under cars (1979)
As Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) receives a tip-off about a plot to rob his counting house, one of his armoured cars is robbed in a car park. Driver Dick Martin (Ed Devereaux) fights back, but his mate Nacker (Ted Hodgeman) ... [read more]
I’ll walk (2002)
Shane (John Moore) and Robby (Wayne Munro) have just been thrown out of a hotel, and now walk the streets of Alice Springs. Shane doesn’t want to walk home and breaks into a car. Shane harasses Robby to get into ... [read more]
Post box (c1988)
This is a 30-second Australia Post animated television commercial (TVC) promoting the correct addressing of mail. It shows a post box rejecting incorrectly addressed mail, finishing with the slogan: ‘If you get it right here, we’ll get it right ... [read more]
‘If I could make a dollar or two …’ (1997)
Popular but doddery old Mayor William Plato is retiring after 50 years, and the hunt is on for a new mayor for Bushtown. Skippy is asked to keep an eye on things, while the slovenly garbage collector Croco declares that ... [read more]
A typical teenager (2005)
Cuinn is a typical teenager. He’s 16 years old and full of curiosity. He’s creative, thrillseeking and learning to break away from his parents’ world. But according to the latest science, his brain is still very unformed and won’t be ... [read more]
You can’t serve chicken without stuffing. (c1942)
This is a complete colour Tandaco Prepared Stuffing cinema advertisement from approximately 1942. It begins like a feature film with a title and melodramatic music and cuts to a woman crying as she peels onions for her roast chicken stuffing. ... [read more]
Forever is a long time (1990)
The languid faery King (Richard Moir) and Queen (Rowena Wallace) discover that today is the last day they have to grant seven wishes to humans or they will lose their magic power – forever! Their son, Prince Wilton (Justin Rosniak) ... [read more]
Conrad Martens’s New South Wales (1978)
Watercolourist Conrad Martens settled in NSW in 1835, remaining there until his death in 1878. He painted a valuable visual record of life in the young colony, and we see many examples of early Sydney. [read more]
