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She’s back! (1997)
Elvis (Stig Wemyss) and Lionel (Kylie Belling) are riding their scoot-boards in the desert when a big road truck appears. It’s Janet Rig (Marg Downey) and her trucker mum. Li’l Elvis’s greatest fear is realised when he discovers that Janet ... [read more]
Rights and wrongs (2007)
Michael (Kelton Pell) comes to see Rick (Kieran Darcy-Smith) about his wages. Rick tells him he can’t afford to pay and if he did pay, Michael would have to pay rent on his house and buy his own food. Michael ... [read more]
‘Your troubles are my troubles’ (1937)
Dad (George Edwards) and Dave (John Saul) discuss Dave’s hope to marry Mabel, as Dad examines the farm’s finances. Money is too tight for Dad to offer his son a house, which would allow Dave to ask Mabel to marry ... [read more]
Tim Tams and tragedy (1994)
Muriel (Toni Collette) has run away to Sydney, where she shares a flat with Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths), her new best friend. A shy young man called Bruce (Matt Day) asks Muriel on a date, which turns farcical when they get ... [read more]
True Love (1998)
Mae (Trisha Morton-Thomas) is wearing mother’s wedding dress. Nona (Deborah Mailman) wants to bottle the ashes so they can take them to the island to scatter. Mae and Nona enter into a tug of war over the ashes, and the ... [read more]
10,000 miles around Australia (c1926)
Mr and Mrs F Dean arrive in Melbourne after their trip around Australia by touring car, sponsored by Shell. Buffalo horns are shown on the front of the car and their collection of Indigenous artefacts is shown. It ends with ... [read more]
Marfan syndrome (2005)
This clip opens with a child’s drawing and a photo of Jabe as a young girl. In a black-and-white sequence, a doctor measures Jabe before we see her shopping at a Chinese market. On a model streetscape, a camera tracks ... [read more]
Tomorrow payback (1996)
It is lockdown in the jail cells. The light falls across inmate Paddy (George Djilaynga) sitting on his bed and singing begins. Paddy looks out through the jail windows searching for the source. A spirit man (Charlie Matjiwi) walks down ... [read more]
Jinaali gets a dressing-down (2007)
In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more! [read more]
Pandemic panic (2005)
A ‘what if’ scenario is outlined day by day in the event that the H5N1 strain of flu virus, 'bird flu’, became airborne worldwide. [read more]
Big M girls (1990)
Rosem’ry Bertel, creative director of George Patterson Advertising, explains the marketing campaign for flavoured milk that saved the Victorian dairy industry. [read more]
Stanwell Park and surrounds (c1960)
A title card with a background of campervans announces this section as ‘Stanwell Park’. From a high vantage point, the camera pans across Stanwell Park’s distinctive small beach below and the curve of the foreshore with a speckling of houses. ... [read more]
Credit rating (1992)
American Bill Squire says that hackers can access many databases. He indicates that credit ratings can be manipulated to the advantage of the individual. [read more]
Grog runners (2007)
While on Night Patrol, Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and another old Aunty (Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa) stop some grog runners from entering the community and decide to teach them a lesson. [read more]
‘I don’t know who I belong to’ (c1988)
Kate (Justine Clarke) is upset when her friends find out she is adopted and is highly sensitive to how they respond. At a party, she thinks everyone is talking about her and, isolating herself, she drinks alcohol. When she is ... [read more]
Queen in Waterloo (1981)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh officially open the Housing Commission’s tower blocks in Waterloo. Residents’ furniture was removed from four units, temporarily replaced with hired new furniture, then the royal couple inspected the units. The ... [read more]
Hawke wins in 1983 (1983)
Newly elected Prime Minister Bob Hawke confirms the US-Australian alliance. Former director of the CIA, William Colby, says that the rhetoric got heated during the Whitlam era but at the fundamental level relations between the US and Australia were ... [read more]
Employee recreation (c1926)
After their day’s work, employees from the Leeton State Canning Factory head towards the accommodation provided by the company. Some of the employees are shown down by the Murrumbidgee River – sitting on the riverbank, swimming and playing. [read more]
Make your avatar – meet Indy (2004)
As her cranky self, Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) had no success trying to talk to online to Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent), who is using her music without her permission. This time she creates an avatar to get his attention. 'Indy’ is ... [read more]
Ancient and biblical (2004)
Pomegranates are grown and packed on a farm at Robinvale in Victoria, then used to create a truly amazing Middle Eastern meat dish by chef Ezzard, at his stylish restaurant at the Hotel Adelphi in Melbourne. [read more]
