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Collective unconscious (1996)
Filmmaker George Miller explains the universal appeal of cinema, using Mad Max as an example. [read more]
Old Jindabyne (c1965)
As the waters of Lake Jindabyne, part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, begin to rise, we take a last look at old Jindabyne. [read more]
‘Menstruation blues’ (1993)
Australian singer Robyn Archer performs the song 'Menstruation Blues’. 'I explore anything that I want to’, says Archer. [read more]
Forest justification (c1990)
Environmentalist Bill Mollison explains the value and purpose of forest. [read more]
Dingo farm (1997)
Dingo farming is legal in Victoria. Dingo farms breed puppies for sale as domestic dogs. [read more]
Prickly pear infested areas of Australia (1926)
This silent newsreel from approximately 1926 shows bushland in eastern Australia infected with the noxious prickly pear cactus and the efforts of the scientists trying to combat the problem using cochineal insects. These insects are shown crawling over a piece ... [read more]
‘The right time and place’ (1975)
Marion (Jane Vallis) tries to make sense of her changed perspective, as she looks down on the sleeping picnickers. Miranda (Anne Lambert) leads the girls higher, to the foot of a series of strange monoliths, where all four girls lie ... [read more]
Emperor penguin rookery (1993)
After being snowed in for five days the husky dog team pulls the sledge with two men aboard to observe the emperor penguin rookery in the Antarctic. [read more]
Hurley’s composites (2004)
Photographer Frank Hurley achieved some of his greatest wartime photographs by combining several photos into one. Stephen Burton of the Australian War Memorial shows how it is done. Australia’s official wartime historian, Charles Bean, was outraged. He branded the photographs ... [read more]
One wave, one surfer (1973)
After a great day surfing with his friend Richie West, George Greenough goes back to work on his boat, a 37-foot hull on which he is building his own cabin. He explains his philosophy of surfing, and his need for ... [read more]
Sydney Harbour and Bridge scenes (c1932)
This home movie clip, shot by the Archibald family, is taken from on board a boat in Sydney Harbour. It shows various steamships and boats on Sydney Harbour as well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, soon after it was completed ... [read more]
‘The rustle of tropical palms’ (c1940)
In this 1940s travelogue we see a traditional dance of the Balinese women The Dance of the Eyes. We are told that it is rarely performed. [read more]
Four dollars a fortnight (1987)
In 1946, Indigenous station workers in the north west of Western Australia went on strike. Strikers Sam Coppin and Crow Yougarla explain the pay and conditions and their decision to strike. Their testimonies are interspersed with historical footage of Indigenous ... [read more]
‘You’re never gonna get out of this place’ (2002)
Lena (Dannielle Hall) is sitting in a bus shelter. Her brother Liam (Mundurra Weldon) skids to a halt on his bike. Liam asks for money. A police car drives by. All eyes are on the vehicle. Lena is talking to ... [read more]
AIDS awareness (1993)
Eight-year-old Troy acknowledges the causes and effects of his AIDS condition. [read more]
Preparing the printing machine (1911)
Workers at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911 furnish one of the main printing machines in the pressroom with curved plates and large rolls of paper. [read more]
Heard Island (1984)
A look at remote Heard Island south-west of Perth, near Antarctica. It has stunning scenery, including glaciers. [read more]
‘Not a career’ (1997)
Ashley Paske was a television serial star for a brief incandescent moment. Prompted by this popularity, he left for the UK to work in theatre. He returned to Oz but did not find work as an actor. He is now ... [read more]
Not your usual Chinese restaurant (2004)
This restaurant in Ballina, NSW, is not your usual country town Chinese restaurant with its ubiquitous sweet and sour, but a Chinese restaurant that features its owners’ locally grown lotus, a member of the waterlily family. [read more]
