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Dulkaninna Station (2000)
George Bell of the Dulkaninna Station and his family have relied on the mailman for over a century. Mail was first delivered by camel, then Kruse delivered it by truck and now it comes by light aircraft. Bell and Kruse ... [read more]
Killer dust (1993)
Matilda (Amy Terelinck) and her father (Geoff Morrell) are caught a long way from home by a fierce dust storm. It overturns their truck and kills a lot of sheep, but they survive unhurt. Matilda’s mother Ellen (Susan Lyons) is ... [read more]
Powerful presence (1996)
This clip features historical stills from the archive of Captain James Cook and Indigenous peoples, while a voice-over and interviews discuss the arrival of the white colonists and the belief system of the Aboriginal inhabitants. [read more]
Childhood influences (2003)
John Macumba talks about his childhood experiences and his burgeoning interest in media that came from listening to the radio. [read more]
White power (1992)
Hando (Russell Crowe) drinks milk after a wild all-night party. His friend (Stephen Hall) has to return to his naval base. Hando gives him a Nazi salute as he goes. Hando explains his belief in white supremacy, and his admiration ... [read more]
‘We’d have to start to get political’ (2008)
Narrator Rachael Perkins gives national and international political context to the times of Edward ‘Koiki’ Mabo. A voice-over, derived from Eddie’s diaries and the recollections of his family, give reasons as to why he began his fight for rights. [read more]
Making bush toys (2008)
In this clip the Titjikala boys talk about making bush toys and demonstrate the process and method used. [read more]
No more drudgery (1992)
The new world of computer animation is explained by reporter Tracey Curro, who shows us how movements of the human body are recorded on a series of cameras. This gives the animation director a full 360-degree view of the motion ... [read more]
About nomads (1996)
Robyn Davidson explains how she came to be attached for nearly two years, without speaking a common language, to one of the last bands of nomadic people roaming India as they have done for millennia. [read more]
Castlecrag Estate (1927)
This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement from about 1927 for Castlecrag Estate, a new suburb overlooking Sydney’s Middle Harbour, shows panoramic shots of the surrounding scenery, a woman with a dog looking out to the harbour and newly ... [read more]
Making dreams come true (1999)
Third and final contestant Kristin takes the hot seat and answers three multiple choice questions on her way to a possible one million dollars. [read more]
Postcode squares (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its new electronic systems of sorting mail. [read more]
‘Feel like going back home’ (2009)
Willy (Rocky McKenzie), Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), Annie (Missy Higgins) and Slippery (Tom Budge) travel north to Broome. In the combi they sing the Pigram Brothers’s song 'Feel Like Going Back Home’. Stopping for fuel Willy meets Roadhouse Betty (Magda ... [read more]
‘Horses don’t like salads’ (1936)
Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, ... [read more]
Manmoyi (2001)
Kamarrang of the Bordoh clan introduces himself and the Narbalek band to us. They come from Manmoyi, 200 kms from Oenpelli in Arnhem Land. Kamarrang tells us how the band has been established to teach the children the traditional songs, ... [read more]
Bondi bush baby (1936)
Chut explores his forest world, hopping about madly, as his mother keeps a watchful eye. He encounters many strange things – a koala moving from one tree to another and a bossy emu that chases him, until an older kangaroo ... [read more]
Dipping sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
‘Sarong Body Magic’ (1968)
A woman’s voice-over accompanies a figure seen from the waist down wearing a Berlei ‘Sarong Body Magic’ girdle. Two versions of the girdle – a pant and panty girdle – are shown on the figures. As the girdle adjusts to ... [read more]
Blinky’s fire brigade saved us all! (1992)
Blinky’s (Robyn Moore) fire brigade has put out a dangerous fire and, although he is in trouble with his mother, Mrs Koala (also Robyn Moore), everyone now thinks his fire brigade is a good idea – including Miss Magpie (Robyn ... [read more]
