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Myree’s potential (1984)
Myree Shoesmith is 15 years old and living in the country. Her art teacher, Ross Monley, sees potential in her work but Myree chooses to leave school. [read more]
Heavy weather (1982)
Three friends are skiing in the Snowy Mountains. Bad weather closes in and they make their way to Mawson’s Hut for shelter. [read more]
Every goodbye ain’t gone (2002)
Tim (Rhimi Johnson Page) and Leesa (Tameka Ingram) embrace at a bus stop. Tim boards the bus while his two cousins watch on. [read more]
Influencing Clifton Pugh (1988)
Australian landscape painter Clifton Pugh cites the painters who have influenced him, particularly Kandinsky and Picasso. He also talks about painting alongside John Olsen and Fred Williams. [read more]
AIDS hospital treatment (1993)
Eight-year-old Troy gets hospital treatment for AIDS. His father, Vince, acknowledges the pain he feels on seeing his son suffering. [read more]
AIDS doesn’t discriminate (1993)
Northern Territory Health Worker Bernie Shields talks about the fears and redemption surrounding people living with AIDS. We see eight-year-old Troy with his father, Vince. [read more]
Each state makes a contribution (1940)
Each state makes its own contribution to the efforts of the Red Cross. Queensland supplies ambulance cars; South Australia puts on emergency procedure demonstrations; Tasmania gives financial contributions; Victoria reclaims unwanted materials; NSW converts a house into a home ... [read more]
Looking for wild honey (2006)
A car drives into Mt Liebig. The young woman talks about Mt Liebig and how it is ‘a good and strong place’. Shots of the residential area of Mt Liebig. A map shows the location of Mt Liebig in proximity ... [read more]
Aoi’s life (1991)
Thai prostitute Aoi talks about her work and her dislike of it. A man in a bar says he is looking forward to having sex with a Thai prostitute as he has had experience with many nationalities. [read more]
Traditional pig slaughter (1979)
A group of Italian friends slaughter a pig by cutting its throat. [read more]
‘True freedom is choice’ (1990)
Interviewed in a London club, Lord Alistair McAlpine, Broome entrepreneur, talks about his attitude to his investments in Broome, WA, and his attitude to business in general. [read more]
Lisette’s life decision (2004)
Seventy-nine-year-old Lisette Nigot has decided to end her life. She is healthy and of sound mind and wants to maintain control over her life. [read more]
Scared of being rich (1983)
Mike (Colin Friels) and Johnny (Harry Hopkins) have invested in new machinery, to take on the 'big boys’ who are moving into the sapphire business. They’re joined by a city family who arrive on a camping trip. Mike teaches Jennifer ... [read more]
Australia’s bicentennial celebrations (1988)
A hectic montage of wheelbarrow races, egg-and-spoon races and cow-pat tossing contests cuts abruptly to a couple of blokes sitting quietly by their ute, somewhere in the outback, having a cup of tea and commenting that the pace of change ... [read more]
Flagging a cab (2000)
Lance (Gavin Ritchie) and Murray (Shane O’Mara) try to hail a cab, but with no success. Finally, an idle cab presents itself as an option. Lance and Murray jump in, only to be accosted by the cab driver, who tells ... [read more]
‘He’s a bloody ratbag, Barbara’ (1977)
Barbara (Kris McQuade) asks her girlfriend’s advice in the pub – should she take Len back? We hear Len’s love letter to her on the soundtrack, as they drink. It continues as the image shifts to Newcastle, where Len (Bryan ... [read more]
‘There’s been a mistake’ (1974)
Bill Donald (Robert McDarra) arrives in the psychiatric hospital for treatment for his alcoholism, but discovers he’s in the wrong place. A sadistic orderly (Bill Hunter) begins a quiet campaign of humiliation and bullying, as Bill complains that he’s not ... [read more]
Polish Catholics (1991)
We see a full Catholic ceremony, and hear that ninety per cent of Poles are Catholics, and that 40 years of communism did not destroy their faith. This is followed by a plain communist-style civil wedding taking seven minutes. [read more]
Dipping sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
