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Antarctica 1948 (1949)
Antarctica 1948 documents Australia’s first steps towards setting up bases in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands after the Second World War. In the southern summer of 1947–48, two vessels left Australia with different missions. The film documents each voyage separately, ... [read more]
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
In central-western New South Wales in the 1890s, a young half-caste Aboriginal man raised by missionaries kills most of a family of white farmers, after an argument about his wages. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) and his brother Mort (Freddy Reynolds) ... [read more]
Legacy of the Silver Shadow – The Feral Element (2002)
Four kids’ lives are changed forever when they discover the secret lair of The Silver Shadow (Tayler Kane). The Silver Shadow is a long-forgotten superhero from the 1950s who is now just a voice and a grainy image on an ... [read more]
The Gunston Tapes (1975)
From the unbelieving Sally Struthers to Sir John Gorton and Warren Beatty, Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald) became Australia’s star interviewer whose rich and famous subjects had no idea what this parody of a journalist was all about. He was present ... [read more]
Steamboat Holidays on the Murray River (c1920)
This silent documentary with intertitles shows the landscape and townships along the Murray River between Mildura in Victoria and Mount Lofty in South Australia. [read more]
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In Western Australia in 1931, three mixed-race Aboriginal children are forcibly abducted from their mothers at Jigalong, in the eastern Pilbara. Molly Craig (Everlyn Sampi), 14, her sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), eight, and their cousin Gracie (Laura Monaghan), about 10, ... [read more]
Dad and Dave from Snake Gully – Episode 1 (1937)
This is the first episode of the long-running Dad and Dave radio serial. In this episode, Dad (George Edwards) and Dave (John Saul) discuss Dave’s hope to marry Mabel, Dad examines the farm’s finances and Dave tries to fix the ... [read more]
Peach’s Australia – Flinders Ranges (1976)
Bill Peach takes us on a folksy amble through the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. As he reveals the extraordinary beauty of this arid range he tells us something of the rich history of settlement and exploration of the region, ... [read more]
Desert Walker: Gulf to Gulf (1985)
Fifty-two year-old adventurer Denis Bartell was the first person to walk across Australia from north to south – from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Gulf of St Vincent. The documentary covers his journey. [read more]
Peach’s Gold – Eureka (1983)
From Clunes to Warrandyte, from Buninyong to Ballarat, men came from all over the country and from every corner of the globe to try their luck as diggers on the fabulous goldfields of 19th century Victoria. Their sense of outrage ... [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]
Last Plane Out of Berlin (1999)
The documentary is a complete life biography of Australian Sidney Cotton (1894-1969). Cotton was an aviator who spied for the British prior to the Second World War. During the war, he ran a photographic unit spying on the Germans. The ... [read more]
A Fortunate Life (1985)
A dramatisation of Albert Barnett Facey’s award-winning, widely read autobiography of the same name, this mini-series covers about three-quarters of the book. It begins with Facey’s arrival as a toddler in Western Australia in 1899, traces the various physical and ... [read more]
Sydney Opera House Opening Concert (1973)
The ABC concert-telecast broadcast of the official opening concert at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 29 September 1973. Performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, it was conducted by expatriate Australian conductor Charles Mackerras and featured Swedish soprano ... [read more]
Backchat, Episode 215 (1988)
On this week’s Backchat, viewers write in with praise for ABC current affairs programs The World At Six and The World Tonight, programs that copped tough criticism the previous week. There’s also viewers’ response to the BBC’s drama series, ... [read more]
The Blainey View – Footprints (1982)
Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey takes us from the southernmost reaches of Tasmania to the edge of the continent in the Northern Territory to tell the extraordinary history of the first humans to live in Australia, from their earliest footprint on ... [read more]
Noah and Saskia – Tomorrow Never Knows (2004)
Feisty Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) seeks revenge when a faceless geek somewhere in cyber world steals her music. This opening episode of a 13-part series shows the start of the online relationship between two teenagers – the uncool but quick-tongued Saskia ... [read more]
White, AR: Tin Mining in Malaya (c1930)
This silent home movie footage, filmed by Arthur Reginald White in 1930s British Malaya, includes scenes of a tin mining plant; the open markets and streets of Kuala Lumpur; the Malayan Volunteer Corps in training and on parade; and examples ... [read more]
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? – End of the Line (1967)
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? is a black-and-white sitcom centred on a family living in Balmain, a harbourside suburb of Sydney’s inner-west that was at the time considered barely a cut above a slum. In this episode, Wally Stiller (John ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Sun Worshippers (c1924)
This newsreel from approximately 1924 shows surfers and swimmers enjoying the first day of real summer weather of the season. It opens with a wide shot of the northern end of Bondi Beach and although there are some buildings on ... [read more]
