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‘Swimmin’ … that’s for white fellas’ (1996)

Aboriginal kids cling to the fence that keeps them out of the pool area. In the pool, Koorine (Carrie Prosser) races a young girl (Megan Drury). They talk about being like Dawn Fraser and Esther Williams. Koorine’s friend convinces her ... [read more]

Different worlds (1984)

Kev (Ray Meagher) complains that his dinner is cold and won’t give Ampy (Charito Ortiz) money for her mother. His mood is not improved when she implies criticism of his daily visits to the pub after work. This is nothing, ... [read more]

Myree’s potential (1984)

Myree Shoesmith is 15 years old and living in the country. Her art teacher, Ross Monley, sees potential in her work but Myree chooses to leave school. [read more]

Keith the battler (1984)

Keith Shoesmith is father to six children. Publican Bob McKimmin says Keith is a likeable bloke. [read more]

‘I’ll rip your bloody arms off’ (1974)

Each week the closing credits were played over this sequence as Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond), with Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue) in the side car, rode aggressively over the top and into her royal domain of Wollongong, to the signature tune ... [read more]

‘This is the real world, Eddie!’ (2005)

Eddie (David Wenham) and his wife Tanya (Frances O’Connor) argue one morning about money. She has lost her contract at the university, and hasn’t been able to tell him. He has always been the practical one of the two, but ... [read more]

Eye injuries by landmines (1992)

Fred Hollows, eye surgeon, examines patients suffering from the after effects of exploding landmines in Eritrea. He comments on the ethics of landmines. [read more]

Introducing Fred Hollows (1992)

A quick film portrait of Australia’s famous eye surgeon, using a montage of archival media coverage from the time when Hollows was made Australian of the Year. [read more]

Commitment to work (1992)

Dr Hollows expresses the view that people should concentrate on getting a job done properly. He says he inherited this ability from his parents, and attributes his success to it. [read more]

‘Where’s Manny?’ (1991)

Pearl (Lynette Curran) confronts Alexandra (Agnieszka Perepeczko). Pearl accuses Alexandra’s star boxer, Manny (Tibor Gyapjas), of beating up her brother Bobby (Paul Goddard). As the argument intensifies, Manny arrives. [read more]

Library of grief (1993)

We see war graves in Europe, and learn about the ongoing responsibilities of the War Graves Commission to maintain the 1,000 cemeteries along the Western Front. Some bodies are still being found from the First World War. [read more]

‘We could be kinder to each other’ (1991)

Johnny (Richard Roxburgh) asks Alexandra (Agnieszka Perepeczko) to forget the past and start over. [read more]

Lester’s story (1991)

Veteran trainer Lester (Gandhi MacIntyre) tells young boxer Skip (Noah Taylor) about the injury that ended his career. [read more]

Interplanetary reconnaissance (1956)

A man (Kerry Beckwith) drafts a letter in response to reports about the presence of small rockets – ‘interplanetary reconnaissance cameras’ – on earth. After hearing a noise, he goes outside to see a rocket has landed in his backyard. ... [read more]

Between two cultures (1990)

John Waiko is walking around his village holding a child. He speaks loudly about having been away for so long and acknowledges that he has confused some customary terms. The village appears almost empty. This sequence is followed by the ... [read more]

Two men, two boats, one woman (1989)

Australian naval officer John Ingram (Sam Neill) leaves his wife Rae (Nicole Kidman) in charge on their yacht Saracen, while he investigates the stricken schooner Orpheus. To his horror, the ship is full of body parts. As he rushes back, ... [read more]

Conversations (2005)

Wayne Blair talks about the experience of acting in the play Conversations with the Dead, and the television series Water Rats (2001), discussing the pitfalls of being an actor in work, and out of work. [read more]

War paint (1999)

A man tells his daughter he is going to the pub. Melanie (Alyssa McClelland) is waiting for her friends to pick her up and take her to the dance. A car pulls up. Three youths step out and want to ... [read more]

An act of war (1985)

A docudrama-style recreation shows how French secret service agents might have planted the explosives that blew up the Rainbow Warrior and killed a Portuguese cameraman sleeping on board the ship. [read more]

The spare parts racket (2006)

Cars are not only stolen to be shipped to other countries, they’re also stolen to be stripped for spare parts. The problem for the police and prosecutors is that most car parts are not marked with the vehicle’s identification number. [read more]

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