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A new life in Australia (2004)
Channa Dassanayaka is from Sri Lanka and came to Australia when his mother, who was a politician, thought that things were becoming too dangerous in Sri Lanka and sent Channa to Australia for his safety. When his mother died, he ... [read more]
Children join the bus (1993)
Young children in Moree are given permission to go to the swimming pool with the university students led by Charles Perkins. The children scramble onto the bus, and begin to sing a contemporary popular song. On the bus, they are ... [read more]
‘I’m not the one who got pregnant!’ (1985)
Susan (Sherie Graham) wants to go to Francine’s (Shanti Gudgeon) party but her harried mother (Lindy Davies) won’t let her – she doesn’t trust her. Angry, Susan yells at her mother, ‘I’m not the one that got pregnant’. Later in ... [read more]
Reunited (2004)
Rosie is packing her bag to move out of the welfare house, and a young woman who is to take over her room is introduced to her. The young girl has the same last name as hers, Rosie asks her ... [read more]
‘Our way to socialism’ (1997)
Filmmaker Solrun Hoaas ventures onto the streets of North Korea to do some impromptu filming and sees some children gathered on a street corner before the start of school. In what becomes a common instance, she attracts the attention of ... [read more]
Telegraphists spread the news (1913)
The intertitles at the beginning of this clip explain it all: ‘Telegraphists at work sending the news to Sydney. 200 words a minute. A record’. [read more]
Coronation and procession (1953)
This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage. She alights from the carriage surrounded by her Maids of Honour and enters the ... [read more]
A marriage of cultures (1987)
A brush pushes dots against an all black canvas. Trevor Nickolls tells us about the influences that shape his work. Nickolls refers to the Western machinery and Indigenous cosmology known as the Dreaming. [read more]
‘Healthy minds in healthy bodies’ (c1925)
A panorama shot of the grounds captures students standing on a square and then moving to form lines. They begin a callisthenics routine – all in time with each other. The boys and girls are grouped separately, with the girls ... [read more]
What’s so important about an apple? (2002)
The Evil Queen reports a crime. Someone has stolen the poisoned apple she gave to Snow White and she wants it found. Detective Johnny Legend wants to throw her in the ‘slammer’ but the Chief knows that the apple must ... [read more]
The Shell Touring Service (c1956)
A couple, about to embark on a holiday, are not quite sure which route to take. A friendly voice-over points out that ‘motoring isn’t just a matter of having a car or a truck, it’s a matter of knowing about ... [read more]
An organised destruction (1947)
The Creswick Forestry School ensures that scientific, theoretical and practical knowledge and experience inform forest policy, ensuring that reforestation, allocation of state forests, and protection against bushfires combat the ‘organised destruction’ of the industry. [read more]
Mail delivery evolution (1970)
This clip summarises the history and development of the actual delivery of mail items to their recipients, beginning with the first official delivery of mail to the colony of New South Wales and ending with the PMG’s acquisition of a ... [read more]
Secretaries and executives (1970)
This segment addresses secretaries and executives and informs them of their responsibilities in the posting, receipt, sorting and delivery of mail. [read more]
The great unknown (1984)
As the navigators gaze on the arid coastline of this great south land, they dream about what might be beyond the forbidding cliffs. Was there a great inland sea, or a passage for ships to travel through, or was there ... [read more]
Hindu cremation ceremony (c1930)
This clip shows part of an elaborate Hindu ceremony for the cremation of an important member of a Balinese village in the 1930s. Crowds of villagers gather around to observe and participate in the ritual. [read more]
The Brisbane Exhibition (c1950)
This home movie clip shows various scenes filmed by Peter McIlwraith at the Brisbane Exhibition (or 'Ekka’) in the 1950s. It includes: scenes of a merry-go-round with children and adults riding on the horse-shaped seats; a miniature train which takes ... [read more]
For the future (2006)
Against a backdrop of images of the Ramingining community, director Rolf de Heer talks about the unexpected problems in casting Ten Canoes (2006). The kinship laws are so complex that the final choice of cast is now in the hands ... [read more]
A master of camouflage (1989)
The landscape of arid central Australia is scoured and the plateaus worn down to gibber desert. It’s impossible to imagine that any living thing could survive in this environment but the shingleback lizard manages well because it can survive without ... [read more]
The dead heart (1989)
The great expanse of salt that is Lake Eyre sits 15 metres below sea level with temperatures that can soar to 60 degrees Celsius. For the most part, the Lake Eyre dragons – and the ants they feed on – ... [read more]
