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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]
I have seen it all (2004)
A teenage band put together by Sammy Butcher performs for an audience. Sammy talks about the kind of songs he and the children write together, and one song ‘Ngayulu Nyangu’ which means I have seen it all, is about the ... [read more]
A forbidden love (2005)
Anne and Trish, the sisters of the filmmaker, speak about the racism experienced by their father Colin when he first began dating their mother Gloria. [read more]
Operation Overland pipeline (1954)
As part of Operation Overland, a man dressed in diving gear is lowered into the water to work on the 36-mile oil pipeline. Workers drain parts of the Werribee River so the line can be placed under the riverbed. The ... [read more]
Eureka! (2007)
Filmmaker Janet Merewether is sick of researching sperm donors and weighing up the different options for getting pregnant. To get away from it all, she goes out to a concert and ends up with a bloke in bed. Sounds of ... [read more]
Empowerment (1978)
Naked women jump into a swimming pool and play while one of the women in voice-over tells a story about a group of young ‘size 10’ women shivering miserably on a cold beach waiting for their boyfriends to finish surfing. ... [read more]
Nuclear fallout (1981)
Peggy Jones, widow of an Emu Serviceman, recalls her husband’s painful death from cancer years after exposure to an atomic blast. Sir Ernest Titterton, Professor of Nuclear Physics at ANU, says that the testing of nuclear weapons in Australia ... [read more]
War bonds (c1943)
This animated advertisement, seen here in its entirety, aims to persuade cinemagoers to invest in five shilling war-saving stamps and the 4th Liberty Loan. It features on-screen slogans, a voice-over narration, an instrumental music score and caricatures of a Japanese ... [read more]
‘A Milk Tray day today’ (c1955)
This clip contains three short advertisements, all with the jingle 'sing toora-lay it’s a Milk Tray day today’. The first is set in a fairground with a couple riding on a carousel. The man offers the woman Milk Tray chocolates ... [read more]
European house borer (1960)
This clip begins with scenes of migrants arriving by ship to Australia, and their luggage being inspected by quarantine officers for signs of borer. Workers prepare a house for fumigation, covering it with a heavy cloth before gassing the inside. ... [read more]
‘If I could make a dollar or two …’ (1997)
Popular but doddery old Mayor William Plato is retiring after 50 years, and the hunt is on for a new mayor for Bushtown. Skippy is asked to keep an eye on things, while the slovenly garbage collector Croco declares that ... [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]
Finish (2005)
Cars race through the dusty outback. Warwick Thornton talks to camera about the preparation for the race and the need to just finish it. He also speaks about how at the age of 34 he belongs to the demographic that ... [read more]
Science, technology and research (c1962)
This television advertisement highlights General Motors Holden’s research and training programs, apprenticeships, cadetships and scholarships, and the contribution they make to help Australia 'meet the challenge of the times’. Explanatory voice-over narration accompanies footage of workers and researchers in factories, ... [read more]
Water and fire (2004)
Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He ... [read more]
Lonesome for you, mother dear (1939)
Buddy Williams sings a sad song about a man missing his dead mother. This clip is from the start of the song. [read more]
Coming from behind (1999)
In an interview accompanied by photos from his childhood, Wayne Bennett describes how, as a young boy, he made a vow to his mother that he would never drink or gamble. His younger brother Bob describes how he was able ... [read more]
What is a Neo-con? (2003)
Jim Lobe is the Bureau Chief of Inter Press Service and he’s on his way to an event at which Richard Pearl is to speak. He’s the star of the American Enterprise Group’s seminar held in Washington in 2003 to ... [read more]
‘It’s not our bloody war’ (1981)
Lost in the desert, on their way to join up, Archy (Mark Lee) and Frank (Mel Gibson) discuss politics, patriotism and the reasons for war. [read more]
Leunig smells the flowers (1995)
Artist Michael Leunig explains why he and his wife don’t have a television set. [read more]
