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Where to dig (2004)

Coober Pedy opal miners George and Judy Aslamatzis decide where to start digging guided by Judy’s instinct. The drilling machine strikes rock so George sets explosives to break up the rock. [read more]

Dion the artist (2006)

Joie Boulter speaks about having Dion’s artwork applied to T-shirts as a way to raise funds. We see examples of Dion’s artwork now applied to T-shirts. All royalties raised from the merchandise are put into a trust fund for Dion. ... [read more]

The convent must change (1991)

Mother Superior (Sandy Gore) asks the nuns to spend some time reading and thinking about how they might deal with the changes suggested by Vatican II. Sister Catherine (Josephine Byrnes) is keen to discard old practices that she feels have ... [read more]

The Toecutter exacts revenge (1979)

Family friend May Swaisey (Sheila Florance) helps Max’s wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and child (Brendan Heath) to escape the Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his gang, but they soon catch up. The scene uses iconic imagery – madonna and child, old ... [read more]

It’s only natural (1998)

Professor Roger Short, biologist, says that the bonds of love that help keep the family unit together serve to protect the offspring. [read more]

Skin (2005)

The old women sit in the sand, the younger women next to them. The old women draw the skin system – or the lores of marriage – in the sand. The younger women are being taught the right skin groups ... [read more]

Kiwirrkurra (2000)

Aboriginal artists Brandy Tjungurrayi and Charlie Wallabi paint their country. [read more]

Bark burials (1984)

Grahame Walsh explains the sophistication of Aboriginal burial ceremonies and compares them to ancient Egyptian burials. [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]

Turtle (1998)

The sisters carry a turtle into the kitchen. They talk about killing it and making turtle curry. Stones hit the roof of the house. Young boys yell 'witch, witch’. Nona confronts the boys, and they scurry off into the bush. [read more]

Cleaning up the land (1997)

An elder speaks about the effects of tourism, and the responsibility of cleaning up the land. [read more]

‘My father’s country’ (2002)

Footage of David, Robyn – David’s traditional law wife – and their children in Ramingining. Sweeping aerial views of the ever-widening river that David needs to cross to reach David’s father’s country. Archival footage of Aboriginal people in a mission ... [read more]

The rehearsal (2004)

It’s week five of nine weeks of rehearsals, and the conductor of the Messiah, Clive Pascoe, tells his choristers they’re nowhere near ready. He’s a tough leader but the troops know that he has to be firm to achieve the ... [read more]

The other side of the river (2005)

Over opening shots of the township of Nauiyu in the Daly River, the narrator Marrfurra tells us about the history of Nauiyu, a township in the Daly River region. After the missionaries arrived in Nauiyu, the old people gradually moved ... [read more]

Lifesaving (1925)

This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Life Savers sweets shows a young woman dive into the surf, only to be rescued by a surf lifesaver. He lies her down and gives her a Life Saver mint to ... [read more]

‘Page Three Girl’ (1982)

The Daily Mirror newspaper’s photographer, Ron Iredale takes location pictures of Leanne Nesbitt, 'Mirror Girl’. Ron and Leanne agree that it is the naturalness of Australian girls that is sexy. [read more]

‘I got off in Sunray’ (1996)

Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov) gets personal with his listeners in Sunray, a small town on the Murray River. Dimity Hurley (Miranda Otto) stops under a roadside speaker to listen, trying to ignore a ute full of local boys yelling obscenities. ... [read more]

The aftershock (2006)

The lifeguards are euphoric. Thanks to their skill and quick action, they’ve managed to bring a young man back to life who was found face down in the water and clinically dead. [read more]

Agricultural implement factory (c1925)

Various parts of the implement factory are shown: workers carry out their tasks in the sheet metal department; a hammering machine shapes steel into shape; a man dips a large wheel-shaped piece of farming equipment into paint; women make canvas ... [read more]

King Billy’s first car (1939)

This clip is a segment from an animated cinema advertisement for Super Shell oil. After unsuccessfully using a kangaroo as a mode of transport, King Billy and a koala solve their transportation problems by inventing an animal-made and animal-powered car ... [read more]

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