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Malangi’s world (1991)
This clip tells a creation story relevant to artist David Malangi and visits sites in the landscape relating to the story. [read more]
Powerful presence (1996)
This clip features historical stills from the archive of Captain James Cook and Indigenous peoples, while a voice-over and interviews discuss the arrival of the white colonists and the belief system of the Aboriginal inhabitants. [read more]
Distorted beliefs (1996)
Images of skulls and physiognomies of Indigenous peoples are treated as scientific specimens and data. [read more]
Goodbye sunny New South Wales (c1917)
Soldiers are despatched to the front during the First World War in a public parade in Sydney to encourage recruitment. [read more]
A room with two dunnies (1985)
At the Plaza Hotel in New York, Mick (Paul Hogan) is amused and confused by the luxuries of a modern hotel room. Nor does he understand tipping – but he soon works it out. [read more]
‘It started 15 years ago…’ (2000)
This clip begins with a montage that fills in the backstory from episode one, showing Eugénie’s gumshoe dad Ray (Brett Climo) escaping through a Russian forest and discovering a baby girl in the back seat of his car. Eugénie (Xaris ... [read more]
‘Hide and Seek’ gang (2000)
A young street boy, Tony (Darcy Bonser), takes Eugénie (Xaris Miller) and Warwick (Matthew Vennell) back to the deserted warehouse where he lives with other street kids. His friends – especially Nicole (Kestie Morassi) – are suspicious of the newcomers, ... [read more]
Fiona aloner (2002)
Miller (Richard Wilson) introduces himself to Reilly (Douglas Smith). Inviting him to join him in his outdoor hangout, Miller makes his feelings about Aggie (Jade Ewen) known. Reilly’s interest is piqued by the sight of another local, teenager Fiona McDaniel ... [read more]
‘Home sweet home’ (2002)
Miller (Richard Wilson) watches as his new neighbours arrive in Jonathan Archer’s (David Roberts) truck. Reaching their destination, the Wild Spring Animal Clinic, Aggie (Jade Ewen) is amazed and excited while Reilly (Douglas Smith) is far from impressed with his ... [read more]
‘Things could get quite interesting’ (2002)
The Out There opening titles, accompanied by title track 'Doing What I Do’, introduces the main characters. The offbeat Miller (Richard Wilson), who by his own admission is ‘not what you call popular’, gives a direct-to-camera personal take on newcomers ... [read more]
Roman holiday (1986)
Alec Moffatt (Rob Steele) and Mavis Davis (Diana Davidson) visit the Vatican. In Sydney, Mavis’s husband Roly (Allan Penney) visits what he thinks is Rome. Wally (Philip Quast), Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) and Ophelia (Gosia Dobrowolska) must think fast to keep ... [read more]
‘He’s trying to pinch my missus!’ (1986)
Roly (Allan Penney) discovers his wife Mavis is overseas with Alec Moffatt. Eddie (Kelly Dingwall), nurse Ophelia Cox (Gosia Dobrowolska) and Dr Proctor (John Howard) attempt to calm Roly. Eddie and his brother, Wally (Philip Quast), are told by a ... [read more]
‘Work or die’ (2000)
Slave labourers were used by German industry during the Second World War. Siemens, BMW and Krupp are named. Survivors Kitia Altman and Abraham Biderman recall the horrors of being slave labourers. [read more]
Roly ‘visits’ Honolulu (1986)
Nurse Ophelia Cox (Gosia Dobrowolska) discovers Wally (Philip Quast) and Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) have created a fake Honolulu for their father, Roly (Allan Penney). Ophelia threatens to tell Roly but Wally convinces her to join the hoodwink. [read more]
‘Two rows of alternating teeth’ (1998)
A playful presentation of various images of women’s form in art and fashion. The woman featured in the clip is Kate Champion; voice-over narration is by Arthur Dignam. [read more]
World’s oldest living culture (1988)
An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988. An Aboriginal speaker describes the invasion of Australia and the resulting problems of dispossession and poverty. She also says it is a day to celebrate the survival of ... [read more]
Two brothers face payback (2006)
As the men prepare for a big lunch of magpie-geese, cooked in the canoes on the swamp, the narrator (David Gulpilil) returns to the climax of the old story. Ridjimiraril (Crusoe Kurddal) and his brother Yeeralparil (Jamie Gulpilil) must stand ... [read more]
Two pounds of butter (1934)
George (George Wallace) has to mind the grocery store while his boss is out. He has no training for the task and almost destroys the shop with a succession of demanding customers, starting with Mrs Doyle (Marie La Varre). [read more]
Rehearsing for war (c1918)
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM Hughes, poses for the camera with General Sir William Birdwood, commander of the Australian forces in France, in mid-1916. Mr Hughes is accompanied by the Australian High Commissioner to Great Britain, Andrew Fisher, a ... [read more]
The world of Hidden Valley (2004)
Ricco wanders through the Alice Springs Library, where he comes across a publication that features his biological grandmother in ceremonial dress on the cover, dancing in protest. We also meet Diana, the new addition to the Ricco’s foster family – ... [read more]
