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A sea of ice caps (c1916)
The expanse of icebergs and ocean surrounding Antarctica are revealed behind the halyards of Sir Douglas Mawson’s ship, Aurora, during his 1911–1914 expedition. [read more]
Of droughts and flooding rains (1982)
Reporter Jim Downes stands in the middle of a sea of sand. It’s the Castlereagh River in drought; a drought that’s killing the wheat belt of NSW. It’s a story so often repeated throughout Australia. [read more]
The penguin highway (1954)
The chartered Danish ship Kista Dan encounters a thick field of ice 50 kms from the Antarctic coast. They launch one of the Auster aircraft to try to find a way through, and to look for a site for the ... [read more]
Debbie and Tommy (2007)
Lawyer Drew Ellis (Aaron Pedersen) arrives for a morning of cases on circuit in the Kimberley. Sam (Kelton Pell) introduces him to one of the day’s clients, Debbie (Jedda Rae Hill), a young mother facing drug-related charges. In court, Drew ... [read more]
Perth (1940)
Shots of Perth’s main streets capture the people, transport and architecture of the city in the 1940s. Solid brick homes are shown in leafy residential suburbs. The camera then focuses on a variety of Western Australian flora, concluding with the ... [read more]
The politics of protest (1980)
Local residents discuss tactics to protest logging in Terania Creek, northern NSW. [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]
‘A metre of tulle’ (1989)
The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet. [read more]
The Goose learns to fly (1979)
Max’s friend and fellow patrolman Jim Goose (Steve Bisley) opens the throttle on a morning ride – unaware that his bike has been tampered with by one of the Toecutter’s gang. [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]
The elephant (1997)
The Footscray Football Club has a fundraiser. The team parade naked in front of fans to raise money for the club. We see them performing 'The elephant’, a routine where the line of naked dancing men join hands at the ... [read more]
‘The Magic Pudding’ illustrations (2004)
Norman Lindsay’s The Magic Pudding is one of our best-loved children’s books and the central character one of our great Australian antiheroes. [read more]
Placid tries to please all (2003)
Placid Lake (Ben Lee) takes the path of least resistance and tries to please everyone after his father Doug (Garry McDonald) attempts to de-program him. He adopts the appearance of a political activist for the sake of his parents, then ... [read more]
Survival of the fittest (1991)
A father who owns a luxury car explains that his seven-year-old son has already acquired his own toy luxury car and is working to imitate his dad’s material ambitions. [read more]
A meeting of minds (2003)
News footage shows John Howard and George Bush at a press conference together at the White House prior to the invasion of Iraq. Despite the phalanx of media, they appear relaxed and seem the best of mates, with the US ... [read more]
A prize for everyone (1959)
After advertisements from sponsor companies, four contestants from the studio audience prepare to play ‘True or False’ for their chance to become the next contestant. [read more]
Tactics (2007)
The navy step up their operation to catch Rick Gallagher (Martin Lynes) and his shipment of deadly toxins before they leave Australian waters. At headquarters, Commander Steve Marshall (Steve Bisley) discovers his trace on Gallagher’s ship has been lost. Meanwhile, ... [read more]
‘Yarra River Blues’ (1962)
'Yarra River Blues’ is one of two Australian tracks to feature on Georgia Lee’s 1962 album ‘Georgia Lee Sings The Blues’. [read more]
Walking on water (1988)
There’s a brooding calm before the next storm breaks over the paperbark swamp. The jacana chicks are hatching, watched over by their concerned male parent, while the mother is protecting her patch from other predatory female jacanas. [read more]
Signing oath of allegiance (1901)
This clip shows Sydney’s Archbishop, William Smith, welcoming Lord Hopetoun and Prime Minister Edmund Barton, and dignitaries to the swearing in of Australia’s first federal cabinet and for the reading of the Proclamation of the Constitution at Centennial Park, Sydney ... [read more]
