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Mawson’s heritage (1998)
Restoration begins on explorer Douglas Mawson’s hut first built in 1911 in Antarctica. Solid ice has filled the hut and archaeologists and heritage architects must first clear the pack ice without damaging the structure or disturbing the artefacts. [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]
‘Because you’re black’ (1985)
Having won access to his son through the Family Court, Stuart (David Kennedy) must find a new place to live. He and his son Tommy (Jamie Agius) experience first hand the difficulties for a black man seeking to rent a ... [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]
Coming together (1994)
Thelma Martin, who has lived on the cattle property in the Northern Territory since 1958, hopes that the past can be put aside to build a better future for both black and white. [read more]
Port Augusta (c1917)
A point-of-view shot from the front of a train as it travels along a section of new track and makes its way into Port Augusta. It passes through a depot and Tassie Street station, a new station being erected at ... [read more]
Sharing culture and country (2002)
A clip from Mike Willesee’s The Hunting Party (1990) shows David and others in a swamp hunting for goanna. The group convince Willesee to enter the water on the premise of there being no crocodiles. Gulpilil in voice-over tells us ... [read more]
‘Evil side of human nature’ (1991)
Polish journalist Beata Ligman visits Auschwitz concentration camp site for the first time in 1991. She remembers the German treatment of her people during the Second World War. [read more]
Country talent starts at 10 years old (1995)
Ten-year-old Chantelle Delaney has come from Toowoomba in Queensland to compete at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. [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]
Little girl lost (2005)
It is dark on the mining plain, and Sam (Ngaire Pigram) drives her car towards home. Sam fiddles with something near the passenger seat, her eyes momentarily averted from the road. When Sam again looks up, the apparition of a ... [read more]
‘Get stuck into him’ (1971)
Albert Crone (Edward Hepple) and Willie Aspinall (Robert McDarra), scared for their safety, have recruited George Flack (Gerard Maguire) to confront John Kelso (John Fegan). As Flack beats up Kelso, Albert, Willie and their neighbours Mrs Roche (Joan Letch), Mrs ... [read more]
Electro magnetic sensitivity (1997)
In rare cases people suffering from extreme multiple chemical sensitivity can also suffer from electro magnetic sensitivity. They react badly around household electrical items and any external electric devices. Eve explains how she is a captive in her house. [read more]
Conrad Martens’s sea and sky (1978)
Watercolourist Conrad Martens painted scenes of the colony from 1835 to 1878. He held a particular interest in meteorology which inspired his greatest work. Landscapes depicting weather conditions of Sydney are accurately captured in his paintings. [read more]
Auntie Jean’s wedding (1998)
Jean Wang married Peter Ling in 1952 in Melbourne. She only considered a Chinese man for her husband and she talks about the value of respect as opposed to romantic love. [read more]
Saving on energy bills (1995)
We see a woman feral with her young daughter in their simple home in the bush. She talks about her life bringing up her daughter and how she feels 'it takes sophistication to live simply’. [read more]
Captain Elwood Ewatt (1984)
In 1942 the ocean liner President Coolidge was carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo. She accidentally struck two allied mines and sank. Captain Elwood Ewatt saved sailors lives trapped in the galley. He gave his own life to help ... [read more]
Imperial Tractors stock (1937)
This clip from a silent black-and-white Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement shows a portion of the tractor stock at the AH McDonald & Co Imperial Tractors warehouse. [read more]
