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‘Stranger in My Country’ (1973)
This is a 30-second excerpt from the beginning of 'Stranger in My Country’, written and performed by Vic Simms. Simms recorded this song from his LP 'The Loner’ during a single one-hour recording session in a mobile studio in Bathurst ... [read more]
Breaking the rules (1971)
Grant (Gary Bond) is full of remorse, nursing a bad hangover. Somehow, he has ended up staying with 'Doc’ Tydon (Donald Pleasence), who lives in a shack on the outskirts of town. The doctor taunts him about his failure the ... [read more]
‘Police work is people’ (1993)
Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) and Wayne Patterson (Grant Bowler) arrive at the property of Old Man Doherty to follow up on some unpaid parking fines and find more than they bargained for in the form of a vicious german shepherd. ... [read more]
Preparing for Passchendaele (1917)
Horse-drawn wagons and trucks move forward in the run-up to the Third Battle for Ypres (also known as Passchendaele), in September 1917. The road heads east from Ypres past Hellfire Corner, a famously dangerous place on the Menin Road. Hessian ... [read more]
A piano on the beach (1993)
After the long voyage from Scotland, Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) are camped on a New Zealand beach, in a tent made from Ada’s skirt hoops. They are woken by the arrival of Mr Stewart and ... [read more]
‘You run an impressive operation’ (1985)
Becker (Eric Roberts) visits T George McDowell (Bill Kerr) at his bottling plant in Anderson Valley. He offers to help McDowell modernise his business. [read more]
Bad news (1996)
Mayor Larry Hand is sweating on the numbers he will need to be re-elected as mayor. After a meeting with another councillor, his chances look even worse. [read more]
‘This is all we’ve got’ (1986)
The drive-in detainees become angry when Asians arrive. Jimmy (Ned Manning) argues with Carmen (Natalie McCurry) about her reaction to the newcomers. He asks her to escape with him. [read more]
What is a woman? (1992)
Andrea Stretton is talking to Germaine Greer about her new book The Change: Women, Ageing and the Menopause (1991), which is proving just as controversial as her previous work. In the interview, Greer suggests that a woman’s mental state might ... [read more]
A base is born (1954)
With fine weather, construction of the new base begins at a frenetic pace. The ice is firm around the ship, so the US-made ice vehicles – known as Weasels – can cross the ice from ship to shore, dragging supplies. ... [read more]
Prologue and invocation (1966)
This is an extract from the Epilogue to In the Head the Fire. The ancient Irish poem is read by Alexandre Archdale. During the poem we hear other sounds which have been superimposed over the vocal recording. [read more]
‘This is not a horse’ (1983)
Harry Telford (Martin Vaughan) watches his new horse arrive on the docks from New Zealand. His wife, Vi (Celia de Burgh), wonders why the horse looks so skinny. The buyer, Dave Davis (Ron Liebman), thinks the horse is a joke. ... [read more]
A deal and a bet (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) arrives home with Sergeant Flaxman (Chips Rafferty). His mother (Margaret Christensen) thinks he’s in trouble again, but the policeman explains their new deal: if Smiley can be of good behaviour long enough to get eight nicks on ... [read more]
Forever is a long time (1990)
The languid faery King (Richard Moir) and Queen (Rowena Wallace) discover that today is the last day they have to grant seven wishes to humans or they will lose their magic power – forever! Their son, Prince Wilton (Justin Rosniak) ... [read more]
Feminism is not a religion (1992)
Andrea Stretton tackles Germaine Greer about the impact of her latest book The Change: Women, Ageing and the Menopause (1991), citing the mixed reactions of feminists to her work. Germaine Greer points out in no uncertain terms that there are ... [read more]
Codenamed Kite (1956)
The explosion of Kite, one of the four nuclear fission bombs tested at Maralinga between September and October 1956. [read more]
This is not a game (1995)
Harry (John Lynch) causes Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) to miss her bus. She panics and tells him she must find a television, so they run to a TV shop window in the city. Kate explains that she gets her messages from ... [read more]
‘A star is torn’ (1993)
Australian singer Robyn Archer talks about the singers who have influenced her work. Archer says that her grandparents were music hall entertainers and that she has inherited some of that talent. She recalls appearing at the Wyndhams Theatre in the ... [read more]
Is this a time for the reserve powers? (1983)
Sir John Kerr (John Meillon) has invited the Prime Minister (Max Phipps) to a celebratory drink with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak (Peter Collingwood). Razak boldly brings up the issue of the Governor-General’s role in this time ... [read more]
The storm and the silence (1985)
Bert (Benedict Sweeney) has signed up as a cook’s mate on a cattle drive with boss drover Baldy Bob McInnes (Norman Yemm), Arthur (Ed Turley) and others. A sudden storm blows up, stampeding the cattle and frightening the horses. In ... [read more]
