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Give a Little Credit to your Dad; Lonesome for You, Mother Dear (1939)

Buddy Williams recorded six songs in his first recording session, on 7 September 1939 – the start of a career that would last 40 years and make him one of the foundation artists of Australian country music. Three of those ... [read more]

Honest Toil March (1924)

This is the earliest disc recording of an Australian brass band. It was made in 1924 by the prize-winning Newcastle Steelworks Band, who were drawn from the ranks of the BHP steelworks. [read more]

Shark Vs Croc (2004)

Which is the deadliest killer: the tiger shark or the crocodile? Adventurer Ben Cropp answers the question by looking at a recent history of crocodile and shark attacks and his own experiences with each creature. [read more]

Yindi: The Last Koala? (1996)

This docu-drama follows Yindi, a koala on Australia’s east coast. Yindi is still a tiny baby in the pouch when his mother is injured in a car accident and he must be hand-reared. After mother and baby are returned to ... [read more]

Lockie Leonard – The Human Torpedo (2006)

For ‘surf rat’ Lockie Leonard (Sean Keenan), ‘life is proving to be one long whack in the goolies’. Discovering that his new home is a dump on the edge of a swamp, starting high school in a new town without ... [read more]

H20: Just Add Water – Hocus Pocus (2007)

In series one of H20: Just Add Water, three ordinary teenage girls discover an ancient underwater cavern and undergo a moonlit transformation that changes their lives – they become part-time mermaids with superpowers. Emma (Claire Holt) can instantly freeze water; ... [read more]

Street Scenes in Perth, Western Australia (1907)

Leonard Corrick’s candid camera records Perth street scenes in 1907. This footage screened during the performances of the Corrick family entertainers at the Queen’s Hall in Perth in March 1907. [read more]

Chinese Take Away (2002)

Chinese Take Away is an adaptation by filmmaker Mitzi Goldman of a one-woman theatre production written and performed by Anna Yen. Yen seeks to learn about a family tragedy and tells the complex story of the three generations of her ... [read more]

Clara (2004)

In her suburban home, 12-year-old Clara tries to come to terms with a life-changing event. [read more]

Heartbreak High – Series 1 Episode 1 (1993)

It’s the first day back at school at multicultural Hartley High and simmering racial conflict is ignited when Rivers (Scott Major) repeatedly goads new student Jack Tran (Tai Nguyen). It comes to a head when Jack’s schoolbag is set alight ... [read more]

John Safran vs God – Episode 2 (2004)

In this episode of his comedy-documentary series about religion, John Safran road tests Zen Buddhism, questions left-wing sincerity about Aboriginal land rights and gets to know the Freemasons. [read more]

Snowy Hydro - Where Men and Mountains Meet (1963)

Produced in 1963 by the SMHEA photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film looks at the spectrum of male work involved in the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [read more]

Short Changed (1985)

An aboriginal man, Stuart Wilkins (David Kennedy) is arrested for taking part in a land rights demonstration, after the death of his father. His white wife Alison (Susan Leith) leaves him and takes their son Tommy (Jamie Agius). Seven years ... [read more]

Loved Up – Endangered (2005)

A documentary with interviews and animated sequences that explores the issue of being single and Indigenous in contemporary society. [read more]

Australia Today – Australia’s 5th Column (1941)

The opening title card to this Australia Today newsreel declares that Australia is at war and threatened by a ruthless enemy whose objective is the ‘downfall of the British Empire’. That enemy is the ‘5th Column’. [read more]

Australia Post – Letter Writing Venice (1986)

This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting international postage. [read more]

Snowy Hydro – The Snowy–Murray Development (1969)

Produced in 1969 by the SMHEA photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al. with narration by James Dibble), the film marks the completion of the Snowy-Murray Development – the northern section of the scheme. The development is explained and the ... [read more]

Dreamtime, Machinetime (1987)

An episodic documentary featuring distinguished Indigenous artists specialising in literary and visual art forms. [read more]

The New Adventures of Ocean Girl – Hearing The Call (1999)

Back on Oceana, after a three-year visit to Earth, Princess Neri (Marnie Reece-Wilmore), the ‘promised one’, has released her mysterious new friend Jobah from her uncle King Nemon’s (Dennis Pryor) prison and fled with him into the dreaded ‘tunnel of ... [read more]

The Silver Brumby – Friends of the High Country (1996)

In this, the first episode of 39 in The Silver Brumby series, Thowra (John Higginson) meets the beautiful Boon Boon (Rebecca Gibney) who is greatly taken by him. Unfortunately, she is The Brolga’s (John Stanton) daughter so the young couple ... [read more]

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