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Melbourne Cup 1924 (1924)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel special shows highlights of the 1924 Melbourne Cup including the horses entering the racetrack, crowd, the showground, grandstand and the race which was won by Backwood. [read more]
Grief is uncharted territory (2001)
Vanessa and Michael discuss the complexities of the grief they felt over the death of their baby daughter, Layla. [read more]
Cattle and TB (1984)
Vet David Bradley undertakes the dangerous job of testing wild cattle for tuberculosis. [read more]
‘A fertility symbol’ (1979)
Max the plumber (Ivor Kants) asks Jill the academic (Judy Morris) about her time in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He calls the PNG artefacts ‘boong stuff’, but identifies himself as a member of a disadvantaged ... [read more]
Kids and bombs (2007)
Laith Stevens talks about the aspirations of the Laos people as we see a teacher in front of a class telling the kids not to collect iron to sell. Kids walking along in the bush look for scrap metal and ... [read more]
Gentle whale (1994)
Images of whales in the ocean are accompanied by soothing music and a commentary which is intercut with interview footage. Whales nurture their young like humans and the composition of whale songs is very similar to the way humans compose ... [read more]
Prejudice against Lebanese (1996)
Lebanese men say that the police in the south-west of Sydney are prejudiced against them. A Lebanese father of six children says he feels unsafe in his house. We see the men in their backyards, and their families inside their ... [read more]
Rescue demonstration (1909)
This clip shows members of the South Australian Fire Brigade at their Wakefield Street headquarters in Adelaide demonstrating rescue and resuscitation techniques for the camera. Firefighters practise the 'fireman’s lift’ (used to rescue trapped people from a fire), wear protective ... [read more]
PK chant (1976)
Islanders play cricket as the narrator (Jerry W Leach) explains the local customs of the game. One team gets an opposing player out then performs the 'PK’ chant, then an exit dance. [read more]
Once a thriving river port (1976)
Peach strolls around banks of the Darling River in Bourke with local historian Alan Barton, telling of the time when the town was a thriving port. As Peach explains, Bourke, in the central west of New South Wales, was once ... [read more]
Touring Service reps and mapping expeditions (c1956)
A Shell representative makes notes describing the construction occurring in his area to pass the updated information to the Shell Touring Service. A landslide and floods are shown as the voice-over continues to explain how the Service contacts Shire Councils ... [read more]
Blackfella’s law (2002)
After the death of the fanatic, the tracker (David Gulpilil) and the follower (Damon Gameau) are captured by the local tribe in this area. They have also captured the fugitive (Noel Wilton), an Aboriginal man of a different clan. The ... [read more]
Randwick Racecourse crowds (c1928)
At the conclusion of the final race in the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, a large crowd is marshalled out to waiting trams. Thousands of people stream onto the platform and pile in before they travel out of shot and ... [read more]
Tree-felling (c1925)
Two men complete chopping around the base of a large tree trunk with hand-held axes. The tree falls to the ground. At another tree, men stand on planks of wood embedded in the tree trunk that create a makeshift ladder ... [read more]
‘Anybody here?’ (2003)
Steve (Gary Sweet) arrives home from the office and has trouble getting into his house. Finally entering to find the vestibule dark and quiet, he smiles to himself, thinking he’s about to encounter a surprise birthday party. But when he ... [read more]
Turtle eggs and dugong (1980)
The men return from their hunting expedition having successfully killed a dugong. The women are waiting on the shore, and immediately prepare a fire to cook the dugong. [read more]
Hula show, Hawaii (c1977)
This performance by Hawaiian dancers is part of a hula show staged for tourists and sponsored by Kodak. This clip shows the last half of the performance and the applauding crowd at the end. [read more]
Camels, horses and buggies (2001)
A map of the Frew River area. A voice-over tells us about the inevitable conflict that occurred as a result of the pastoralists coming into contact with the Alyawawarra peoples. Sepia-toned footage (made to look like historic footage) of Indigenous ... [read more]
Swanston and Collins Streets (c1910)
A point-of-view shot of a tram crossing Princes Bridge towards the city shows Flinders Street Station on the left of the frame, and St Paul’s Cathedral on the right. Further along Swanston Street, horse carriages can be seen travelling on ... [read more]
HMAS Brisbane launched (1915)
Crowds gather at the docks at Cockatoo Island for the launching of the HMAS Brisbane on 30 September 1915. Mrs Fisher, wife of the then Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship’s bow. The ... [read more]
