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Medicine (1987)
Sophia Whist (Robin Laurie) opens the pages of her evidence book and imparts the story of women’s historical exclusion from medical practice. Marjory Thomas talks about the difficulties faced by Jessie Freeman, one of the first women to study medicine ... [read more]
Eagle Dreaming (2006)
Wanda Miller, in voice-over, explains the importance of a rock hole that is the only source of constant or living water in the area, and how it was frequented by tribes from all over the area. Consequently there are many ... [read more]
The scientist, the journalist and the farmer. (2002)
Professor David Goldney is a landscape ecologist and a huge admirer of Peter Andrews’s work. He tells the story of the very first time he came to see what this man was doing. He arrived with a group of bureaucrats ... [read more]
‘Wake up, Mutti’ (2007)
Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) discovers that his mother Christina (Franka Potente) has taken an overdose. While his father Romulus (Eric Bana) rushes to get help, Raimond must try to keep his mother awake, so he tells her an impromptu story. He ... [read more]
‘Why can’t you give yourself?’ (1982)
British embassy staffer Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver) tells her new lover Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) that a Chinese ship is en route with arms for the Indonesian Communists. She wants him to leave before the country explodes in violence but ... [read more]
Working at winning (1992)
This story, ‘Born Loser’, is set in the Wakadoo Café (puppets) dimension of Lift Off. Nearly, the woebegone waiter, loses at everything he does and he is sick of it. Zelda tells him he needs to work very hard at ... [read more]
Yeeralparil tries to be tricky (2006)
We are now in the older story, right back with the first ancestors. Ridjimiraril (Crusoe Kurddal) has gone hunting because his three wives are acting up. Banalandju (Sonia Djarrabalminym) and Nowalingu (Francis Djulibing) fight with each other. When all the ... [read more]
An epic flight (1964)
This clip recounts the story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his aeroplane the Southern Cross. It includes archival footage of the record-breaking 1928 trip across the Pacific with Smithy and his colleague Charles Ulm, and their arrival in Honolulu. [read more]
In Barcelona tonight (1997)
The Seven Network nightly current affairs program Today Tonight has broadcast a story from Spain about disgraced businessman Christopher Skase, who fled Australia to live in Majorca. Media Watch accuses reporter David Richardson and producer Chris Adams of flaunting the ... [read more]
Blood, sweat and tears (2004)
While reporter Mark Bowling sits back in air-conditioned comfort, the story cuts to archival footage to remind us of the history of transportation in the outback, from the Afghan camel trains to the earliest train line in the 150-year struggle ... [read more]
‘Treated with respect’ (1995)
Andrea Stretton asks Tim Winton whether he could ever really be happy with an adaptation, given that his work is very much about the use of language and not just story-line and plot. He generously declares that so long as ... [read more]
‘Hunting the Not Fair’ (1992)
Hunting the Not Fair is an animated feature story. Young Billy Blair complains about all the things in his life that are unfair. He creates a machine to trap the ‘Not Fair’, so he can play cricket without interference. Feeling ... [read more]
Marriage resisters (2002)
Anna Yen says in a voice-over, ‘Once upon a time, long ago, in a land far, far away’. The story she tells is about Yen’s grandmother’s region becoming famous for silk growing. There are extreme close-ups of silk passing through ... [read more]
Pedigree for a hanging (1993)
Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia. Narration and black-and-white stills tell the story of his upbringing and early life. He came from an impoverished family, brought up by his widowed mother. His wife, Dorothy Pirois recalls their ... [read more]
Monday showcase (1961)
The title sequence is followed by host Earle welcoming boys and girls to Monday Showcase. He previews a special surprise to come in the form of the first episode of new serial Felix the Cat (1958–61). Earle then introduces ‘another ... [read more]
The Johnnies and the Mehmets (2006)
A bus tour of Australians is on its way to Anzac Cove and the guide tells us the story of the Turkish losses. Ninety thousand Turks lost their lives and modern Turkey emerged under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, the ... [read more]
Crows (2001)
An elder describes how his father stumbled into the Coniston massacre. The man retells his father’s story of the events that triggered the massacre. A map of the area shows us the locations the elder is speaking about. Paintings of ... [read more]
Empowerment (1978)
Naked women jump into a swimming pool and play while one of the women in voice-over tells a story about a group of young ‘size 10’ women shivering miserably on a cold beach waiting for their boyfriends to finish surfing. ... [read more]
Ada makes a deal (1993)
Alone in their bedroom, Ada (Holly Hunter) tells her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) a story about her real father. When Stewart (Sam Neill) comes to ask if he can kiss them goodnight, Ada makes clear she does not welcome it. ... [read more]
Looking for father (2005)
We are introduced to Tommy E Lewis. Tommy speaks about his stepfather who raised him and loved him as his own, imparting Dreaming stories, and his white biological father, Hurtle Lewis, who was like ‘the phantom’. He speaks of his ... [read more]
