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A ‘final solution’ (2008)
Historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation describes the Protection Board as the real enemy of Aboriginal people, particularly in relation to the Half-Caste Act developed by the Protection Board and Brother Fredrich Hagenaeur. Professor Janet McCalman and Dr ... [read more]
Seasons in the gardens (1967)
The clip highlights the way in which a European-style garden, very viably established in the Snowy Mountains, accentuates the seasons. [read more]
Car boys (1986)
Jimmy (Ned Manning) arrives at a car crash scene with his brother Frank (Ollie Hall), a tow-truck driver. Frank and a rival driver both claim rights to the wreckage. During their argument with police a gang of ‘car boys’ arrives. ... [read more]
‘Mission of mercy’ (1941)
In a dramatic re-enactment, set on a remote homestead in Australia’s outback, a station worker is suffering an attack of acute appendicitis. A member of the homestead radios for help to a hospital hundreds of kilometres away at the base ... [read more]
The hungry mile (1976)
Waterside workers are seen on the wharf while the voice-over describes their comfortable work conditions and job security, A montage of historical footage shows a queue of workers in the 1930s, and waterside workers using horses and drays on the ... [read more]
Down in the drains it can get scary (2005)
The wicked Dr Drain has caused a dangerous acid to leak into the drains from a spill outside. His dastardly plan is to destroy the purifying plants in the Cleansing Sea and turn it toxic. Desperate to save it, Vegety ... [read more]
Plonk in trouble (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) is wanted for terrorism in 2007. Spotted by two police officers (Jo-Ann Lancaster, Simon Yates), he leads them on a chase through the city. [read more]
‘This is not easy’ (1996)
The mother (Celine O’Leary) sits watching her daughter’s angry drawing. She has come to tell her that her father is moving out. The child carries on a conversation that her mother can’t hear – a series of denials. Her father ... [read more]
Living in the land of Oz (1976)
Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) takes off for the city to see The Wizard (Graham Matters), a rock idol who is giving his last ever concert that night. On the way she meets a dumb but likeable surfie (Bruce Spence) who doesn’t ... [read more]
‘Passing the Bach’ (1971)
This is 'Passing the Bach’, the opening track on the Don Burrows Quartet’s seminal jazz album ‘Just the Beginning’ (1971). [read more]
The summer of 77 (2001)
The Summer of 77 can be viewed here in its entirety. Cathy (Mary-Ann Henshaw), age 36, recalls a youthful summer holiday romance involving herself (Brooke Ryan), surfer boy Mick (Tristan Roache-Turner) and her best friend Anna (Kassandra Lee). The older ... [read more]
‘This is our home now’ (2007)
Rose (Joan Chen) and her husband 'Uncle Bill’ (Steven Vidler) kiss after she moves back in, seven years after she left him. Rose’s son Tom (Joel Lok) gets a nosebleed as he watches them. Rose resents the presence of Bill’s ... [read more]
A new science (2008)
This clip is set after Truganini and George Robinson have moved the remaining population of Indigenous Tasmanians to Flinders Island. Professor Lyndall Ryan explains the scientific rationalisation of the high death rate of the Tasmanian Aboriginal People. Rachel Perkins’s narration ... [read more]
The workman’s nightmare (1951)
In this silent short film, seen here in full, a young man (John Straford) falls asleep at work. During a nightmare, his ladder attacks. [read more]
Investing in the unknown (2002)
An art auction. A woman is purchasing two pieces of art – a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi fish. [read more]
‘Lending instead of spending’ (1941)
After complaining to her mother (Bobbie Hunt) about not being able to borrow money to go out for a night with the girls, Grace (Dorothy Dickson) sulks in her room. Her father (John Nugent) tells her about the importance of ... [read more]
‘You’d have to burn the place down’ (2008)
Carla (Claire van der Boom) shows Ray (David Roberts) a sample of the money she’s found and tries to persuade him to help her steal the rest of it. When he baulks at her suggestion, she questions whether he’s serious ... [read more]
Effie in PNG (1996)
Effie (Mary Coustas) is interviewed by the National Broadcasting Commission’s John Honani. Effie has brought her own self-congratulatory résumé that John reads out before they discuss the role of missionaries in Papua New Guinea. [read more]
Dancing in the dark (1989)
Kay (Karen Colston), Louis (Tom Lycos) and Gordon (Jon Darling) have driven to the outback, to get away from Sweetie (Geneviève Lemon) and visit Kay’s mother Flo (Dorothy Barry). Kay finds her mother is a changed woman. With the local ... [read more]
Death in custody (1993)
Essie’s nephew, Eddie, is one of the 'Stolen Generations’. He has returned to Brewarrina, having been adopted out and raised by a white family in Sydney. He plays the organ, which is fitting music for Essie’s cousin, Priscilla Boney. Priscilla ... [read more]
