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The Last Husky (1993)
Husky dog teams have served on the Mawson Base in the Antarctic for fifty years. The documentary records the last dogs to be used there and their journey to a new home in Minnesota in the USA. [read more]
The Night the Prowler (1978)
In a wealthy part of Sydney, Felicity Bannister (Kerry Walker) pretends she has been raped by a prowler, in order to take control of her own life. Her neurotic mother (Ruth Cracknell) is more worried about her daughter’s upcoming wedding. ... [read more]
The Flying Vet (1984)
David Bradley’s veterinary practice covers from Port Hedland, Western Australia to Mt Isa Queensland and from Darwin to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It is the biggest practice in the world. David pilots his own aircraft to attend to ... [read more]
Snowy Hydro – The Jindabyne Story (c1965)
Produced in 1964-5 by the SMHEA photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film tells the story of the moving of the town of Jindabyne to make way for Lake Jindabyne. [read more]
The Dismissal (1983)
On 11 November 1975, the Labor Prime Minister was dismissed by the Queen’s representative in Australia, the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. The Dismissal brings to life the events leading up to this extraordinary event that shook the nation. The drama ... [read more]
The Plumber (1979)
Jilly (Judy Morris) and Brian (Robert Coleby) are young academics, living in a high-rise university flat in Adelaide. They have recently returned from the highlands of Papua New Guinea, where Jilly did research for a book. Brian is hoping for ... [read more]
The Stawell Gift: Staging the Golden Jubilee Carnival (1927)
This footage shows the Golden Jubilee of the Stawell Gift foot race, announced in the intertitles as, ‘the greatest professional footrunning meeting in the world’. Crowds of over 30,000 attend the Easter weekend Carnival in Stawell, Victoria. Events include the ... [read more]
The Kid Stakes (1927)
Fatty Finn (‘Pop’ Ordell) is the scruffy six-year-old leader of a gang of kids in the dockside suburb of Woolloomooloo in Sydney. Fatty enters his pet goat Hector in the annual goat races, but his rival Bruiser Murphy (Frank Boyd) ... [read more]
The Tracker (2002)
In rough bush country in 1922, an Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) leads three white men in the hunt for a black fugitive. The senior policeman in charge (Gary Sweet) murders 'bush blacks’ on sight; a young constable (Damon Gameau) joins ... [read more]
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
Charles and Elsa Chauvel follow the path of the Bounty mutineers from Tahiti to the Pitcairn Islands, using dramatised scenes to re-create the events leading up to the mutiny. Most of the second half of the film is a narrated ... [read more]
From the Bush to the Bungalow (1920)
This industrial documentary presents the timber production process in the 1920s and briefly describes the living conditions of its workers. [read more]
The Squatter’s Daughter (1933)
Joan Enderby (Jocelyn Howarth) is about to lose her family’s sheep station, because she can’t afford to buy out the lease from the Sherringtons, who run the neighbouring station, Waratah. Old ‘Ironbark’ Sherrington (W Lane Bayliff) returns after two years ... [read more]
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
Two women, both misfits of a sort, become friends in a small rural community. Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) pretends to be an invalid, and carries the deep scars of a failed marriage. Charlie (Elisabeth Crosby) has relocated from the city ... [read more]
The Circus Comes to Town (c1943)
This silent documentary follows Wirth’s Circus and Zoo as it travels to Brisbane, Queensland. It shows the arrival of the circus train at the station and the elephants hauling equipment from the train. A large crowd gathers around the elephants ... [read more]
The Time Guardian (1987)
In the year 4039 a city of survivors from the Neutron Wars travels through time and space seeking safe haven from the Jen-Diki, a race of cyborgs intent on wiping out humanity. Soldiers Ballard (Tom Burlinson) and Petra (Carrie Fisher) ... [read more]
The Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932)
On Saturday 19 March 1932, a large crowd gathered around Sydney’s Harbour Bridge for the official opening ceremony. This newsreel footage with on-the-spot commentary contains unique coverage of the historical event. [read more]
Lord of the Bush (1990)
The documentary is about Lord Alistair McAlpine, bon vivant, patron of the arts and author. After falling in love with the Broome region in Western Australia in the 1980s, he invested heavily in the Cable Beach Club and donated money ... [read more]
The White Monkey (1987)
This documentary biography follows Father Brian Gore as he works among the poor on the island of Negros in the Philippines. In his fight for social justice he was imprisoned, along with eight others, on trumped up charges by the ... [read more]
Australia Post – The Last of the TPOs (1985)
This program was produced to mark the closure of the last remaining TPO (Travelling Post Office) service in Australia. [read more]
Snowy Hydro - The Best of the Years (1974)
A documentary record of the construction and completion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme from 1949 to 1974. The film examines the multicultural work force and its achievement in building one of the world’s largest hydroelectric schemes to that date. [read more]
