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Ben protests at a family barbecue (1985)
At the Guthries barbeque, everyone is having a great time. Ben’s parents Ron (Dennis Miller) and Di (Anne Grigg), discuss their concerns about Ben’s behaviour with their friends, (John Clayton, Candy Raymond, David Downer). While these friends make fun of ... [read more]
Queen Elizabeth II at the races (1954)
This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, arriving at the Flemington horse races. Queen Elizabeth II watches the race through her binoculars, ... [read more]
Picking at the soul of the game (2007)
As training concludes with the customary bathtub full of tinnies, coach Jack Cooper (Matthew Johns) takes Grub (Matt Nable) aside to discuss the judiciary hearing. Jack warns him his style of game is dead. Grub declares his style of play ... [read more]
Fitzpatrick incident at Mrs Kelly’s homestead (1906)
This fragment from The Story of the Kelly Gang shows Constable Fitzpatrick visiting the homestead of Kate Kelly. Fitzpatrick attempts to kiss Kate Kelly and in the scuffle Ned Kelly shoots Fitzpatrick in the wrist. As the Kelly gang escape ... [read more]
Farming at Werribee (1953)
Having been unable to secure city employment, Il Contratto’s four recently arrived migrants (Giuseppe Michelini, Luigi Borsi, Giuseppe Cusato, Giorgio Mangiamele) find work on a farm outside Melbourne. Previous uncertainties about their life in Australia dissolve as they share the ... [read more]
At the pub (1972)
Ron (John Derum) and the foreman (Grahame Bond) are having a drink in the pub after work. It’s not long before the lively banter turns nasty and the foreman discovers he’s called 'Linda the Feline Foreman’ by the workers who ... [read more]
At the greengrocer (2003)
Phaedra (Susan Prior) nervously turns up to deliver a love poem to the greengrocer she fancies (Tia has told her she’d had sex with him – devastating to the sexually timid Phaedra). She finds the courage to go ahead, but ... [read more]
‘At least I’m better off than you’ (1998)
Madelaine (Joey Kennedy) starts feeding Julia (Heather Rose). She is so busy talking to Julia about her problems in attracting a reliable boyfriend that she doesn’t notice she is feeding Julia too fast. When Julia chokes on the food and ... [read more]
Children at play (1964)
Annemaria plays with her dolls. Her two brothers, Andrew and the younger Harold entertain themselves with model boats and cars. The boys unwrap and then play a game of Monopoly while Annemaria eagerly watches on. [read more]
At the river (1980)
Joanna (Anna Ralph) follows Manganinnie (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) into the forest. Anna’s father, Edward Waterman (Phillip Hinton), calls out to her in vain. [read more]
At the rodeo (1949)
June’s father, WJ Curzon (George Randall), gives her the prized horse Revolt on her birthday. June (Nonnie Peifer) attends a rodeo with Paul (Alan White) and is thrown by Revolt on the ride home. [read more]
What’s she doing in your bedroom at 7 am? (2004)
In the middle of the night, Hannah (Lynn Styles) comes though the portal from Ireland and arrives in Brett’s (Zachary Garred) bedroom in Perth at 7 am. She soon finds herself trying to explain to Brett’s mother Jackie (Kirsty Hillhouse) ... [read more]
Incompetents at work (1986)
While our intrepid private detectives (Terry Bader and Richard Healy) are bungling yet another case, shadowing the factory owner’s wife (Anna Maria Winchester), their Girl Friday (Debra Lawrence) takes on the dirty work on the factory floor to find out ... [read more]
Arriving at Aileron (1970)
Bob Randall drives his wife Amy, her cousin Florence and their children from Darwin to Aileron to enable the women to visit their mothers and family. [read more]
Married, at last? (1976)
The Stone family – Jane (Joan Bruce), Alan (Ron Graham) and Damon (Mathew Crosby) – and Dolly Lucas (Queenie Ashton) have realised their dream to move back to the country to live. During the housewarming celebrations, with all members of ... [read more]
Jenny Kee at play (1980)
Fashion designer Jenny Kee finds inspiration for her colourful designs from the Australian bush. [read more]
1972 ‘Victory night at home’ (1993)
Margaret Whitlam recalls the night in 1972 when the Australian Labor Party (ALP) won the federal election and her husband Gough became Prime Minister. [read more]
‘Scarcely black at all’ (1978)
After a night in jail for drunkenness, Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) joins the Reverend Neville (Jack Thompson) and Mrs Neville (Julie Dawson), his guardians, for Sunday lunch. He promises never to do it again, and outlines his plan to get ... [read more]
Train at Coogee Carnival (c1928)
An intertitle introduces this segment as the Coogee Carnival in December 1928. A mini-steam train on a circular track takes children for a ride. Crowds watch on from outside the track. The driver sits on the front engine. He is ... [read more]
