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Dipping sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
Torres Strait Islands sequence (1921)
This sequence shows dance performances by men, women and children, a large spinning toy game, string figure designs on Murray Island and a model boat regatta on Coconut Island. [read more]
Pussy pumps up (1979)
In Pussy Pumps Up, which can be viewed here in full, a feline female figure assumes more masculine characteristics. [read more]
‘Outstripped by Cupid’s arrow’ (1989)
Whilst continuing to play music, Leo watches with growing concern as Consuela dances with her new suitor. Voice-over narration is by Ruth Cracknell. [read more]
Like brothers (2005)
Kaleb Comollatti talks about meeting his two friends John Stacey and Dallas McNamara, and how he started bull riding. We see Kaleb go through his preparation before riding a bull. [read more]
Daily life in Cuba (2002)
Pedro and his wife Amada are in their eighties. They live in a one-bedroom apartment. Pedro buys water from the street vendor and carries it home while Amada prepares a thin soup with a few vegetables. Pedro sells cordial crystals ... [read more]
Every picture a defeat (1994)
Artist Jeffrey Smart observes that he doesn’t like viewing his finished work as 'every picture is a defeat’. At work in his studio he reflects on being inspired rather than daunted by the work and achievements of the 'old masters’ ... [read more]
Fair to a fault (1993)
Chris Masters, a reporter on the ABC’s Four Corners, is respected by his colleagues because of his ethics and thorough research before broadcasting stories. Masters talks about the backlash he received when his story on police corruption in NSW ... [read more]
‘Howard loves controversy’ (1995)
Howard Sattler is a high-rating radio announcer from 6PR in Perth. His producer, Ainslie Hodgkinson, clips articles from the daily newspapers. These will be used to prompt talkback from listeners. Ainslie is seeking articles that will elicit volatile responses. Sattler ... [read more]
Sikh terrorists (2001)
A few months after the anti-Sikh riots in India, Sikhs planted bombs on public transport. Young Primjit Singh Uberoi was sent to Australia by his mother for safety. Primjit recalls the emotional impact of separation from his family. [read more]
Cultural outsiders (2001)
When Safina moves to Australia she gains a new understanding of her mother Patricia. In India, Patricia describes how her perspective is now 'Indian’ to the point where she is surprised to see a fair skinned face in the mirror. [read more]
No more music (1993)
Carmody tells how he and his brother were taken from their parents and put in a 'school’ (converted army barracks) and never lived at home again. Historical stills and footage show the young Carmody brothers and the school. [read more]
Grandmother from hell (1994)
Dr Julie Jones, a child psychiatrist, says that in one particular family, violence was caused by the husband’s mother who was jealous and possessive. This caused her son to become violent towards his wife, and ultimately to kill both her ... [read more]
Hip hop-pety stew (1998)
Aida (Justine Saunders) comes out of the house to greet Margie (Margaret Harvey) and family Charlie (Luke Elliot), Shannon (Shannon Elliot) and Janaya (Janaya Pender). The family are served ‘hip hop-pety stew’. Margie tells them that they met Bert and ... [read more]
‘Made in Australia’ (1992)
As Mr Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) takes a tour of Ball’s Moccasin factory, Carey (Ben Mendelson) finds an excuse to go to the front office, to look at Cheryl (Rebecca Rigg) the boss’s daughter. His friend Wendy (Toni Collette) sends him ... [read more]
Young Sidney Cotton (1999)
At ten years of age, Sidney Cotton designed an aircraft. At 18 years of age the Queensland country boy built a car he called 'the Cotton’. His brother-in-law, Brian Brooke-Smith, daughter Sally-Anne Cotton and family friend, Joan Astley, all recall ... [read more]
Sweetie’s return (1989)
Kay (Karen Colston) and her boyfriend Louis (Tom Lycos) arrive home to find their house broken into. Dawn, aka 'Sweetie’ (Geneviève Lemon), Kay’s sister, has arrived with her 'producer’, a junkie named Bob (Michael Lake). In the morning, Sweetie gets ... [read more]
Workers and gum trees (1949)
Where there are different types of gum trees, different types of workers emerge. A prospector pans for gold in a creek; a miner digs for other minerals; beekeepers follow the bees that settle round flowering ironbark gums; pastoralists herd sheep ... [read more]
Cooling off (2002)
Charlie and Glenni are driving when something begins to go wrong with Glenni’s car. Glenni says she knows where they can get water. The natural water pool is too inviting, and the two end up taking a dip. [read more]
Leading by example (2007)
Cam Shepherd is directing operations, again. The kids are looking bored and disconnected, again. Shauna is becoming rebellious. They are trying to find their way to less car use and Cam needs to be reminded to be as selfless as ... [read more]
