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I want this town! (1997)
WC Moore (Bill Ten Eyck) arrives back at the Moore family home, angry because the town isn’t bankrupt yet. Then a frog appears. [read more]
The bridge (c1988)
Dave (Peter Hehir) is building a bridge across the river to open his farm to the world. For now though, the only way for Badge (Alexander 'Mathew’ Jacobs) to cross is by the swinging rope bridge, high above the river. ... [read more]
‘It’s a signal … we’re receiving a signal’ (1994)
Nikki (Petra Jared) and Shane (Che Broadbent) play a trick on Mike (Zbych Trofimiuk). When the computer starts indicating signals from a different star, Mike is excited. He believes they are witnessing history. But when the radio signal is finally ... [read more]
The Duke and Duchess of York arrive in Sydney (1927)
The HMS Renown, carrying the royal passengers, the Duke and Duchess of York, arrives through the Heads of Sydney Harbour. An aerial greeting is given by the Royal Australian Airforce. [read more]
The building of a dream (1954)
Once the site for the oil refinery has been identified, the work begins. The land is surveyed, grass is burned off and the land is cleared. Meanwhile, ‘the dream comes true in miniature’ as a model layout of the refinery ... [read more]
A woman in charge (1990)
At a car accident scene, Georgia Rattray (Sonia Todd) finds herself having to make a decision about whether to move a car that might crush an injured passenger who is a known drug dealer, or first save the injured driver, ... [read more]
Jelly sandwiches in H division (2000)
Beasley (Fred Barker) warns Mark 'Chopper’ Read (Eric Bana) that the Painters and Dockers, a faction within the prison, have put out a contract on his life. Read is amused, because he can’t believe anyone in H Division is man ... [read more]
A slice of sabotage (1937)
Darley (Frank Harvey) and Charles Blake (Campbell Copelin) plot the sabotage of Stephen Burbridge’s timber-cutting operations. Blake denies he’s engaged to Burbridge’s daughter Joan (Shirley Ann Richards); he’s already involved with Darley’s own sister Claire (Aileen Britton). When Jim Thornton ... [read more]
Mick answers the door (1988)
Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) has been kidnapped by Colombian drug boss Luis Rico. Mick has intercepted the film that Rico wants, so he waits for a contact. The assassin is swiftly taken out, and he tells Mick where they’re holding ... [read more]
Her brilliant career (1996)
Judy Davis attended a convent school in Western Australia during the late 1960s when the Catholic Church was in turmoil. When she left school in the early 1970s, there were no Australian female actor role models for her to emulate. ... [read more]
The dream house (2003)
Rob arrives for a tour of the house he designed and built for his own family but was unable to finish for financial reasons. It’s now owned by another family who love it dearly. [read more]
Sins of the father (2003)
Archival photographs show the children of Carrolup during the mission days. Dr John Stanton, Director of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, gives a background to the Carrolup mission. Mervyn Hill, former Carrolup inmate, offers a personal recount of his days ... [read more]
Snobs saves the day! (2003)
Trapped inside a garbage truck, Abby (Indiana Evans) and Marian (Ross Pirrelli) find themselves about to be crushed. Quick thinking Marian manages to throw his dog out and Snobs saves their lives in the nick of time. The council inspector ... [read more]
Treating, educating (2003)
Frank Djara talks about playing for the Areyonga football team, and the competitions staged between the communities. Footage shows Frank attending the Central Australian AIDS Conference in Alice Springs in 1990. [read more]
A medical miracle (2006)
Professor Nagy Habib has invented a device that is saving lives in the hospital operating theatre. The Beyond Tomorrow medical reporter, Dr Caroline West, explains how it works. It’s a device called the Habib Sealer that seals the tissue in ... [read more]
Restoring the race horse (2006)
Thoroughbred horses are prone to tendon injuries that can cut short the racing career of a champion, or even force the death of the animal. Even if the tendon can be healed, it can never return to its full strength ... [read more]
‘There is nothing a horse can do, but bear it’ (1978)
Gerry Barker has taken his family and Black Beauty on a happy Sunday picnic. On their way home they meet old Sam. Black Beauty is horrified to discover that Sam’s worn-out old horse is the once spirited but now beaten ... [read more]
Thinking about hormones (1995)
The man (Syd Brisbane) laughs at the way his life is turning out, as the woman (Ulli Birvé) keeps changing locales, at her whim, from desert to forest to mountaintop. She suggests they need to have ‘a relationship’, for which ... [read more]
Charlie does a runner (2007)
Charlie (Luke Ford) has noticed that the front door is unlocked. He seizes his chance to go for a run, pursued by his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield). Both are wearing only underpants. Charlie runs into a stranger’s house to use ... [read more]
Up the east coast (1954)
The cars make it to the checkpoint at Maryborough before heading north through sugarcane country to Bundaberg. Some of the entrants arrive in Bundaberg – the second scheduled checkpoint – where crowds line the streets to watch them pass. The ... [read more]
