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Gauguin’s paradise (2005)
Gauguin arrives in Tahiti to find the paradise he longs to paint has almost completely disappeared. But he soon finds models to paint including fourteen-year-old Tahitian girl Teha’amana who also becomes his lover. Stephen Eisenman, author and Professor of Art ... [read more]
Raising children during the Great Depression (1981)
Four women recall the hardship of raising children during a period of mass unemployment. The government provided a 'baby bundle’ consisting of poor quality clothing. [read more]
Shanty town (1981)
Unemployed people were forced to build their houses out of scrap and discarded materials. They established a trading post where clothing was donated. Indigenous Australians were not able to receive the dole and were issued meagre rations. One of the ... [read more]
Elliott and Jessica ask for trouble (1981)
Jessica (Liz Alexander) teams up with Communist union leader Elliott (John Hargreaves) to try to stop the demolition of Angel Street. Elliott provokes a reaction from Collins (Allan Bickford), the casino operator who’s behind the intimidation. [read more]
Allergic to the 20th century (1997)
Eve has an allergic response to insecticides, cleaning agents and preserved small goods. Diana reacts badly to the chemicals in newsprint. Michael has an adverse response to the chemicals in tap water. [read more]
Recollection of childhood (1993)
Three Jewish comedians, Deb Filler from New Zealand, Sandy Gutman (Austen Tayshus) from Melbourne and American Moshe Waldoks, talk about their childhoods as children of Holocaust survivors. [read more]
European settlement in Byron Bay (1996)
The first European settlers in Byron Bay cut the 1,000-year-old cedars. They then farmed, and fished out the whales before moving to a more environmentally friendly attitude. [read more]
Chequebook journalism (1993)
Current affairs presenter and journalist Mike Willesee comments on the ethics of paying for stories. The editor of the Australian Women’s Weekly, Nene King, has no ethical issues with chequebook journalism. Editor of the National Enquirer, Grant Vandenberg, says almost ... [read more]
‘We shall only be gone a little while’ (1975)
After their picnic lunch, school friends Miranda (Anne Lambert), Marion (Jane Vallis) and Irma (Karen Robson) ask permission from their French mistress Mademoiselle de Portiers (Helen Morse) to go for a walk around the base of the rock. Overweight Edith ... [read more]
The lonely pleasures of a country dance (1987)
He’s alone, she’s alone, everyone’s alone at the mid-year dance, a cheerless gathering for all concerned. Danny (Noah Taylor) makes a statement with his outfit, a little bit Marlon Brando, a little bit Elvis. He is deflated when Trevor (Ben ... [read more]
Nicaragua under attack (1984)
Nicaragua is attacked at its borders by the Contras. They are backed by the USA, which claims that Nicaragua is supplying arms to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. Tomás Borge, the Nicaraguan Minister for the Interior denies this, and ... [read more]
Pressure to perform (1998)
Primary school girls compete to be chosen for the Australian gymnastics team. Pressure is on the young gymnasts as they train at the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The girls and coaches are interviewed in 1994 and then in 1996. [read more]
Oliver’s multiple abductions (1994)
Oliver has been abducted by his father four times. The father has been imprisoned over the abduction. The adverse psychological effect on Oliver is evident. [read more]
Mutiny on the Batavia (1973)
While mutineers are busy plotting to take over the Dutch ship Batavia, it is wrecked on a coral reef off the coast of Western Australia. [read more]
Do you know any ‘real Aborigines’? (2002)
Thornton not only pokes fun at the ignorance of conservative white purchasers of Indigenous art, but also exploits the paradigm of 'authentic Aboriginality’. The same ignorance Catherine (Sophie Lee) displays in relation to the culture that produced the art she ... [read more]
A brief sketch of Walter Burley Griffin (c1976)
Using voice-over, interviews, sketches and still shots of buildings, this clip gives a biographical overview of Griffin and describes the stylistic influences on his development as an architect. [read more]
‘Why don’t you go back to your own bloody country’ (1966)
A drunken Anglo-Australian (Keith Petersen) abuses an Italian migrant family on a Sydney ferry. Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) watches in discomfort. [read more]
‘A dago just the same’ (1966)
Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) comes to meet Harry Kelly (Chips Rafferty), father of Kay (Clare Dunne), the woman he wants to marry. Harry is a successful building contractor, who thinks his daughter can do better. [read more]
How to be a country music star (1995)
Music professionals give advice about succeeding as a country music star. [read more]
‘Our saviours have arrived’ (1995)
As the Battle Hymn of the Republic ('Glory, Glory Hallelujah’) plays on the soundtrack, the American submariners arrive secretly in Fremantle south of Perth, Western Australia. Though deemed 'secret’ everyone knew that the 'Yanks’ were in town. Early in the ... [read more]
