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‘A genuine relationship’ (2008)

Narrator Rachel Perkins and interviewees Emeritus Scholar Inga Clendinnen and Associate Professor James Kohen impart the story of a cross-cultural relationship between Lieutenant Dawes and Aboriginal woman, Patyegarang. Readings of Dawes’s diaries reveal their conversations. [read more]

The instructional guide to dating (2005)

You can watch The Instructional Guide to Dating here in its entirety. An air hostess (Lara Cox, voice-over by Avigail Herman) gives an in-flight safety demonstration of ten instructional ‘steps’ to dating. Each dating ‘destination’ is displayed on an animated ... [read more]

At home with the Thompsons (1972)

Without telling Shirley (Jane Harders) or husband Reg (John Llewellyn), Rita Thompson (Marion Johns) announces the engagement of Shirley and Harold in the newspaper classifieds. A furious Shirley storms out. Reg feels the same way and follows her. [read more]

The luminary (2005)

The short animation The Luminary can be viewed here in its entirety. A grieving insect collector’s discovery of a missing specimen in his collection sparks a search for something more than just a moth. [read more]

She’s My Baby (1959)

This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market. Produced by Ernie Freeman, the record features Scotty Turner on lead guitar and Barney Kessell ... [read more]

Acoustic warfare (2005)

HMAS Rankin is taking part in Silent Fury, an exercise with the US Navy. The submarine must avoid detection and make it past 'enemy’ ships and helicopters to be victorious. Acoustic warfare specialists explain how they won the exercise. [read more]

Jackson stops a protest (1980)

China Jackson (Bryan Brown) stops a sit-down protest in the exercise yard, after prison officer Norton (Max Phipps) promises there will be no reprisals. In the middle of the night, his cellmate, old Bob (Syd Heylen), is dragged out and ... [read more]

‘We can’t go back in the cells’ (1980)

The prisoners stage a full-scale riot, aiming to burn down the jail. As Jackson (Bryan Brown) takes a hammer to the doors of the isolation cells and the warders open fire, the prison governor (Robert 'Tex’ Morton) assures his superior ... [read more]

Big head (2005)

Clinton (Michael Tuahine) and Crystal (Kylie Farmer) are relaxing on the balcony of Clinton’s apartment. Crystal calls Clinton a big head and a coconut, accusing him of being a 'big notin’ sellout’. [read more]

Cambridge (1948)

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a wide shot of a bridge over a river. Dame Pattie and Heather Menzies pose for camera and various shots of the grounds are ... [read more]

And then there were nun (1992)

Former Sisters talk about their reasons for leaving the order. Some realised as they approached 30 that they wanted to have a family after all, others saw that the world was accepting women in a broader range of roles than ... [read more]

Family outing to the beach (c1932)

This brief home movie clip, all shot hand-held by the Archibald family, captures a group of women dressing a toddler for beach play on what looks like Newport Beach, Sydney in the early 1930s. [read more]

They stole your great grandfather’s opal (1995)

Otto (Mark Mitchell) invites Lady Townes (Anna Galvin) and the family to a barbeque and she politely agrees. Otto complains to Conrad that because Sir Claude Townes stole his family’s lucky opal they are now poor. Seeing Conrad through ... [read more]

Naughty creature – trying to escape? (1990)

Agnes (Melanie Boomer) the young maid is grumpy about the hard work she has to do while Ada (Christen Cornell) sleeps on in her warm bed. Martha (Judith Stratford) the housekeeper behaves very strangely, giving Ada the creeps. [read more]

Setting right a terrible wrong (1990)

At the end of their journey, Agnes (Melanie Boomer) and Ada (Christen Cornell) find an old baby crib and a box in a cave, In the box is a letter from Justus Zuckermann (Owen Weingott) in which he explains how ... [read more]

Along the Murray River, South Australia (1925)

From a high angle, the camera pans across a timber yard on the edge of the river. Shots of the submerged SS Mannum are shown with a helmeted diver salvaging the wreck. Views of the reclaimed river flats at Pompoota ... [read more]

The importance of primary production (c1925)

The importance of primary production and agricultural research and education is explained through an intertitle. This is followed by a sequence of three shots capturing a group of young men pruning grapevines in a vineyard. [read more]

‘Horses don’t like salads’ (1936)

Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, ... [read more]

Creation story (2005)

Agnes Palmer, or Lyaakiye as she is also known, sits facing camera. Agnes is an Arrernte and Kngwarraye woman. Agnes talks about being raised in the mission. Agnes is struck by the bareness of the white walls of the church ... [read more]

Demoted to bank robberies (1988)

Criminal Eddie Weaks has been killed in a car accident following a bank heist. Journalist Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) leaves the accident with the cash, after promising to give it to Eddie’s girlfriend Suzie (Marise Wipani). Tom and his photographer ... [read more]

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