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Rewriting the record books (1984)
At a garden party, Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving), the very model of an English gentleman and a very fine cricketer, is discussing the phenomenon of the young Donald Bradman (Gary Sweet) with his friends and colleagues – all gentlemen players ... [read more]
The merboy (1992)
Linda (Joelene Crnogorac) is shocked to find Andrew (Eamonn Kelly) is now in a wheelchair but then finally understands what has been happening when Andrew leaps into the water to save his father (Peter Bensley) – he has transformed into ... [read more]
The camera takes off (1919)
Machines of No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, take off from their desert base at El Mejdel in Palestine, in February 1918. Their flight is filmed from the air by Captain Frank Hurley, flying in the observer’s seat, with Captain ... [read more]
‘Will the storms ever end?’ (1996)
A hand fumbles for a box of matches on the floor of a car, lost amongst other junk. Shane Francis (David Ngoombujarra) one hand on the steering wheel, eyes fixed on the road, strikes the match with his freed hand. ... [read more]
‘I take you now!’ (1977)
Burton (Richard Chamberlain) rushes home in a panic. He has sent his wife and children away because he fears the coming flood. A violent storm damages the house as he calls to Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) to show himself. The owl ... [read more]
The Battlers (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about researching and writing her third novel The Battlers. [read more]
An attack on the Sabbath (1949)
Government soldiers have taken up positions around the Eureka Stockade, early on the morning of 3 December 1854. The miners do not expect an attack on the Sabbath. It begins with a signal from a bugler. The miners react quickly, ... [read more]
‘The power to win!’ (1942)
In this dramatised sequence, a mining family hears on the wireless that Singapore has fallen to the Japanese. Husband (Marshall Crosby) and wife (Beryl Bryant) look outside despairingly on an inactive coal mine. Industry stakeholders meet with a representative from ... [read more]
A very close friendship (1976)
Penny (Briony Behets) and Dee (Judy Morris) have gone to a house by the sea for a weekend alone but a succession of men passes through, including two men whose car has broken down. When they leave, Penny assumes that ... [read more]
Imitating the teachers (1987)
When actor Max Gillies was 12 years old, he and a school friend imitated his teachers. One of the teachers encouraged them, and he found himself having to do repeat performances of his impersonations of all the teachers in the ... [read more]
Alma enters the picture (2006)
Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses. As unimpressed studio executives watch his film in the cinema, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill), a secretary, enters with cups of tea and eagerly watches the footage. Brooks ... [read more]
The Radcliffe girls arrive (1990)
Girls from the neighbouring ladies’ college arrive at the boys’ school for a dance, watched by some of the boys who won’t be attending, including Danny (Noah Taylor), who has been grounded for insubordination. In the dance hall Thandiwe (Thandiwe ... [read more]
The greatest Australian prime minister (1966)
Political expert Professor Geoffrey Sawer discusses Deakin’s role in the first decade of Federation. Former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies (1949–66) hails Deakin as Australia’s greatest prime minister. [read more]
The choice (2004)
As Ganggu Mama (or Uncle Daddy, played by David Ngoombujarra) looks for the right tree to make a didgeridoo, his young nephew Jackson (Clarence Ryan) and his gang break into a car and steal a bag. [read more]
The seventh wish lasts forever (1990)
Prince Wilton (Justin Rosniak) is desperate to get rid of the last wish. CW wishes for everyone to like him and he’s turned into a baby. Katie (Ebony Ricketson) now adores him but Wilton can’t change him back because the ... [read more]
‘Snap goes the Crunchie’ (c1966)
This black-and-white television advertisement for Crunchie is set on a sunny day with a group of young friends playing at the beach. As the Crunchie jingle plays, they eat and 'snap’ their Crunchie bars. The male voice-over describes the bright ... [read more]
At home with the Churchills (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that says ‘At home with the Churchills’ and shows footage of London during the Blitz in 1941 and Sir Winston ... [read more]
‘The Altyerra is their life and their law’ (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins tells the Dreamtime stories of the desert people in Central Australia. The importance of the belief system and sacred law of the Arrernte people, Altyerra, is explained by Herman Malbunka of the Western Arrernte Nation. Perkins then ... [read more]
Another death in the family (1984)
The family have returned to Maggie’s house for the wake after her brother’s funeral. Uncle Tom (Peter Gwynne) has a heart attack and dies on their sofa in the lounge room just as he’s about to drink a cup of ... [read more]
Escaping from the Taliban (2002)
Three Afghans have escaped from the Taliban and arrived in Australia as asylum seekers. They express their views of life in Australia and the reasons for escaping from Afghanistan. [read more]
