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The Aunty Jack Show – Series One (1972)

Sketch comedy interlaced with musical sequences, featuring Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond) the self-styled queen of Wollongong and a cast of glorious misfits including Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue), Aunty Jack’s much put upon sidekick as well as Flange Desire (Sandra McGregor), ... [read more]

Australasian Gazette – Annual Christmas Treat (c1925)

This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1925 shows Christmas celebrations for children in the Victoria Barracks, Sydney including a live puppet show and Father Christmas handing out presents. [read more]

Bushells Blue Label Tea: Bushells Tea Factory (c1925)

This Bushells Tea cinema advertisement from approximately 1925 shows the process of producing tea from the harvesting to end use. It shows picking the leaves, transporting the tea chests, the factory processes including blending and packaging, and finally, a tea ... [read more]

The Big Gig – Series 1 Episode 1 (1989)

A live comedy-variety show featuring stand-up comedians, sketch comedy and music. [read more]

Berlei Corsets: Beautiful Lines of Woman Triumphant (c1920)

This silent black-and-white cinema advertisement shows women modelling Berlei ladies foundation garments. [read more]

Your Daily and Weekly News: The Making of Two Great Papers (1928)

This fragment from a newsreel produced by Australasian Films shows the production processes behind Melbourne’s Argus metropolitan newspaper. It shows the sheets of paper which are delivered in rolls every morning, the printing machinery, the reporters and typists who cover ... [read more]

Australasian Gazette – A Unique Audience (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. [read more]

Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains (c1954)

This mute, colour home movie made by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel shows various scenes in and around Canberra and includes a woodchopping competition at a local country show. [read more]

SS Katoomba Unloading (1899)

This actuality footage from 1899 shows the unloading of timber spars from the SS Katoomba at a busy wharf in Brisbane. [read more]

Mao’s New Suit (1997)

Two young Chinese fashion designers combine forces to stage a fashion show in Shanghai. The enterprise is plagued with problems but the designers are optimistic about their future. [read more]

Life Guards at Bondi Beach (c1929)

A fragment of actuality footage that shows lifesavers marching on Bondi Beach, a demonstration rescue of a person from the surf and lifesaving boats being rowed out into the surf in front of onlooking crowds. [read more]

North Shore Steam Ferry (1899)

This actuality footage shows a steam ferry docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. Bennelong Point, Fort Macquarie and Government House can be seen in the distance. [read more]

Roma Street Station (1899)

This actuality footage shows a train pulling up to Roma Street Station, Brisbane in 1899. Commuters, many of them wearing boaters and suits, disembark from the train and walk up the stairs towards the camera. [read more]

Travelogue of Eastern States (c1929)

This travelogue, made around 1929, shows the major cities of eastern Australia including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the new national capital, Canberra. [read more]

Australasian Gazette – The Ups and Downs of Cricket (1933)

This newsreel shows highlights of the third Test cricket series, often referred to as the 'Bodyline’ series, between England and Australia in Adelaide in January 1933. [read more]

Australasian Gazette – Sheep Dog Trial (1915)

This newsreel segment from 1915 shows a typical Australian showground and a scene of a sheepdog trainer and a sheepdog herding three sheep into a pen. [read more]

Threshing at Allora (1899)

This 1899 actuality footage shows workers tossing wheat sheaves into a threshing machine on a farm at Allora, Queensland. A conveyor belt transports the processed wheat to a large stack. A team of horses brings a heaped cartload of wheat ... [read more]

Wheel of Fortune – Series 3 Episode 1 (1990)

Wheel of Fortune is hosted by John Burgess and Adriana Xenides, with voice-over by John Deeks. In this edition of the long-running game show, three contestants compete for prizes including a Holden car. Over three rounds Kelly, Mark and carry-over ... [read more]

The Dream – Days 9 and 15 (2000)

The Dream, hosted by comedic duo 'Rampaging’ Roy Slaven (John Doyle) and HG Nelson (Greig Pickhaver), was conceived as a two-hour informal nightly wrap to Seven’s coverage of the XXVII Olympiad in 2000, also known as the Millennium Games ... [read more]

Cinesound Varieties (1934)

This surviving 18-minute fragment is from an hour-long variety show directed by Ken G Hall and photographed by Frank Hurley for Cinesound in 1934. It contains a segment with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the ... [read more]

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