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Bondi Surf Carnival (c1929)
This clip documents the spectacle of a large surf carnival on Bondi Beach in approximately 1929. The surf clubs march on the sand and lifesavers give a resuscitation demonstration. [read more]
A position of trust abused (1989)
Assistant Commissioner Graeme Parker (Bill Hunter) begins his evidence to the Inquiry by apologising for his part in the years of corruption that had characterised the Queensland Police Force. He claims that Sir Terence Lewis knew what was going on. [read more]
Metropolitan life (1946)
A montage of modern city life in Sydney is accompanied by descriptive and romantic voice-over narration to build a picture of the metropolis during the day. The ‘city in the sun’ is shown through scenes of flower stalls, street vendors, ... [read more]
Environmental impacts (1979)
Bird lover and ornithologist John Waugh talks about the abundance of birdlife in the Towra wetland area of Botany Bay. Bernie Clarke from the Botany Bay Planning and Protection Council talks about the impact of redirected wave energy, caused by ... [read more]
‘Lonesome, morbid or drear’ (1957)
This is the first verse of the original 1957 recording of ‘A Pub With No Beer’ sung by Slim Dusty. The song was composed by Gordon Parsons, with lyrics inspired by Dan Sheahan’s poem. [read more]
She, from Epsilon (1995)
An old lady (Alethea McGrath) tells her two granddaughters (Chloe and Phoebe Ferguson) a story that a man once told her. It is about a woman from the star Epsilon, in the Southern Cross, who arrives unexpectedly on earth. She ... [read more]
A very efficient secretary (1983)
This clip looks at how women were brought back into the paid workforce to fill the lower paid positions as the economy boomed in the 1960s. [read more]
‘They can see Australia!’ (1946)
Kingsford Smith and co-pilot Charles Ulm (John Tate) are nearing the Australian coastline, after a history-making flight across the Pacific from San Francisco. A violent storm has engulfed their plane, the converted Fokker now known as the Southern Cross. In ... [read more]
Fiction of terra nullius (1997)
Peter Yu of the Yawuru and Bunuba, Kimberley Land Council, talks about Indigenous relationship to land and the High Court decision in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1. Paul Keating stresses the chance to ... [read more]
‘I’ll rip your bloody arms off’ (1974)
Each week the closing credits were played over this sequence as Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond), with Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue) in the side car, rode aggressively over the top and into her royal domain of Wollongong, to the signature tune ... [read more]
A perfect score (1959)
Carry-over champion Evan answers the last question in round one to score a perfect six out of six. Host Reg Grundy spins the wheel and matches the number to the prize board to reveal that Evan is in the running ... [read more]
Do it yourself (1979)
The Price family has learned to be incredibly self-sufficient. They make their own bread and even cut fence posts from timber on the property. We’re witnessing the pioneer spirit still alive in the second half of the 20th century. [read more]
Coming a gutser (1937)
Patricia Blaydon (Shirley Ann Richards) has been invited by Lady Denvee (Bobbie Hunt) to ride with the local fox hunt. Lord Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) gives some riding hints to a stranger on the road, then shows him some neighbourly kindness ... [read more]
Love at first sight (2003)
Term has just ended at Rimside High School and students stream through the school gates. Last out is Beau. He’s melancholy at the thought of the lonely holiday ahead – that is, until he catches sight of Bec, the bike ... [read more]
‘An Australian car is born’ (c1948)
Once the sedan body has been completed, the final assembly takes place. Front and rear axels are fitted. New parts are constantly added as the car moves along the assembly line – the six cylinder motor, the dashboard, the headlights. ... [read more]
‘A rose in every cheek’ (1959)
This cinema advertisement from 1954 shows Bob Gibson and his four-piece ensemble performing Happy Little Vegemites with the Vege-Mites singing group: Anne Edwards, Denise Simpson, Irene O’Brien and Marilyn Taylor. The scene changes to a boy and girl eating Vegemite ... [read more]
Launching tests (1963)
This clip shows the first testing of a full size version of the newly developed Ikara missile, conducted at Woomera from about December 1961 onwards. [read more]
What is culture? (2004)
Warren H Williams and John Williamson singing a song beneath the shadow of Uluru. Warren H Williams explains what culture means to him. [read more]
Whale species (1994)
Whale biologist, Vassili Papastavrou, explains the variety of whale species. He highlights whale intelligence and the danger of harvesting even the minke whale. [read more]
Jonah (2007)
After attending a conference on EBPSM – Extreme Behavioural Problem Student Management – student welfare officer Doug Peterson (David Lennie) decides to give Jonah (Chris Lilley) greater responsibility in the hope that he will 'rise to the challenge’. He ... [read more]
