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Unprotected forests in danger (1991)

Over footage of a beautiful old growth forest, narrator Noni Hazlehurst explains that, at the current rate of deforestation, Australia’s unprotected forests could no longer exist in 250 years’ time. The forest’s native animals are shown as the narrator explains ... [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]

Insulin (1997)

Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company supplies six million people with insulin each day. Twelve-year-old diabetic James Jarvis interviews Dr Richard Di Marchi about insulin. [read more]

Whitlam backs Marcos’s Asian forum idea (1974)

Then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, addresses the State Dinner at Malacañang Palace, Manila, hosted by President Ferdinand and Mrs Imelda Marcos on 11 February 1974. The dinner is followed by a performance from the Bayanihan Dance Company. The next day ... [read more]

The end of the tour (1974)

On 13 February 1974, the final day of his six-nation South-East Asian tour, the then prime minister Gough Whitlam addresses local and foreign media at a press conference at the Hotel Intercontinental in Manila. He and his wife Margaret then ... [read more]

What would you have done? (1985)

Gary (Emil Minty) has been asked to cheat on the radio quiz show and asks Brother Kennedy (Joss McWilliam) and the Headmaster (Rhys McConnochie) for advice, but the brothers can’t give him a clear answer. At home, the show’s sponsors ... [read more]

Blair’s marriage (1994)

Dorothy Blair recalls how she met and fell in love with Harold. Mixed race marriage was unusual in the 1950s and both families objected. Dorothy’s sister Florence Trevail expresses her views on the marriage, while Harold’s sister Meryl Thompson recalls ... [read more]

Petrol sniffing (2000)

Botj (Sean Mununggurr) sniffs petrol after fighting with his friends Lorrpu and Milika. He trashes the women’s community centre, concentrating his anger on the paintings of the Yolngu’s totem animal, the crocodile. He then lights a cigarette. [read more]

Welcome to Seymour Island (2006)

This contemporary Polar expedition follows in the footsteps of Otto Nordenskjöld, the explorer who went to Antarctica over a hundred years ago to look for fossils which would connect Antarctica to South America and Australia. [read more]

Beautiful Melbourne? (1947)

This silent, black-and-white clip paints a harsh picture of life for a family living in a slum area of Melbourne, Victoria, in the 1940s. The dilapidated housing is shelter for a family with many children living in a very small ... [read more]

The magic bullet (2006)

An Australian invention is set to revolutionise the vehicle security industry and it’s already paying off. A tiny microdot with vehicle identification details is being stamped all over the underside of some of the most prized cars. [read more]

A very public breakdown (2005)

Craig Hamilton had a breakdown in September 2000, at the pinnacle of his career. He and an old friend, Chris Williams reminisce about that terrible and very public moment of the breakdown, as Craig was travelling by train to take ... [read more]

Lord Denman, governor-general (1913)

This clip shows the governor-general Lord Thomas Denman arriving at the naming ceremony of Canberra. A royal salute is fired before Lord Denman lays a foundation stone. [read more]

‘Dad got the sack, did he?’ (1985)

John Riordan (Tony Llewellyn Jones) has lost his job. Joe (Christopher Schlusser) hears about a job as a paperboy selling newspapers on the street. He is warned that is a rough job – the last boy ended up in hospital ... [read more]

‘Dolly’ shot and skateboard cam (2001)

Mr Long (Matthew Green) teaches the class about the ‘dolly shot’ technique and the class tries it out. [read more]

My father’s country (2006)

Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder Rupert Max Stuart’s voice runs over the image of the unfolding night in a riverbed outside of Alice Springs. Max tells us he’s come home. He’s 77 years old and has returned to his father’s country. It’s ... [read more]

This is the Dreaming (2006)

Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder Rupert Max Stuart sits by the fire, telling his descendents a yarn about the Dreaming. Max has a grandfather from the Lurritja side, and a grandfather from the Arrernte side, and says he didn’t know which one ... [read more]

The Adams family (1956)

Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]

Opening ceremony (1956)

From the stands, Ken Syme records part of the opening ceremony. The Australian athletes enter the stadium at the MCG. The Olympic flag is raised and hundreds of doves are released into the air. Champion runner Ron Clarke enters ... [read more]

Visits from a promise (1997)

Granny telling her story to Ngyamia (Ali Torres) in the kitchen is intercut with the story played out in flashback. We see the young Gilladi (Sabrina Sabaan) led by her Aunty (Annie Watson) to meet her promise husband Waamba (Robert ... [read more]

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