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The Saddle Club – Series 1 Episode 1 (2001)
Lisa Atwood’s (Lara Jean Marshall) first day at Pine Hollow Stables begins badly when a car driven by her mother (Marie-Louise Walker) nearly collides with Pine Hollow’s best students Stevie Lake (Sophie Bennett) and Carole Hanson (Keenan MacWilliam) and their ... [read more]
A Walk with Words: The Poetry of Romaine Moreton (2000)
A Walk with Words: The Poetry of Romaine Moreton provides an insight into Moreton’s journey from the mountain country of Bodalla on the south coast of NSW to the bright lights of Sydney; from the socio-economic poverty of her ... [read more]
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004)
This documentary is a biography of photographer Frank Hurley. Hurley went to Antarctica several times to record expeditions with his still and movie cameras. He photographed the First and Second World Wars and made films in Papua New Guinea. The ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – The Last Innings of Victor Trumper (1915)
This newsreel footage shows part of the funeral march of Australian cricketer Victor Trumper. A large group of men march in front of a horse-drawn vehicle carrying the casket of Victor Trumper as it approaches a Sydney cemetery. [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘For All the Different Women You Are’ (c1970)
This 30-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates dates from the late 1960s or early ’70s. [read more]
Paper Trail, the Life and Times of a Woodchip (1991)
A documentary by Trevor Graham that reports on the international business of woodchipping and its role in the supply of pulp to support the world’s paper industries. It specifically focuses on the relationship between Japan and Australia and Australia’s role ... [read more]
Loved Up – The Dream of Love (2005)
An intimate portrait of the family of filmmaker Lawrence Johnston, who discuss what love means to them individually and as a family. [read more]
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill – A Windy Day (2005)
Bottle Top Bill (voiced by Graham Matters) and Corky the horse (voiced by Emma Jane Hyland) are doing the weekly washing on a windy day. When their clothes blow away in the wind, the two friends need a special flying ... [read more]
Not In Front of the Kids (2003)
A short documentary made by bRitt Arthur which explores sexuality, relationships, ageing and the social and physical needs of people in their later years of life. It contains a series of vignettes in which men and women aged over sixty ... [read more]
Mother and Son – The Money (1984)
Maggie Beare (Ruth Cracknell) has been hiding her pension cheques so that the government won’t know how much money she has. Her harassed son Arthur (Garry McDonald), would love to have some of that money to buy a new car ... [read more]
From England to the USA: Menzies Wartime Tour (c1941)
This home movie, filmed by the then Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, records his trip from England to the USA via Lisbon and Canada. It begins with footage of Lisbon including a fishing village and a bullfight. It ... [read more]
Division 4 – The Return of John Kelso (1971)
When former standover man John Kelso (John Fegan) returns home on parole after 20 years in prison, the neighbours in his small suburban street are terrified. Two decades ago they were in his thrall: now they fear his reign of ... [read more]
The Naked Vicar Show – Series 2 Episode 2 (1978)
A variety show with sketch comedy, guest musical performances and commentary on news and politics of the day, filmed in front of a studio audience. [read more]
Police State (1989)
On 26 May 1987 a Commission of Inquiry was established to investigate allegations of police corruption in Queensland. This telemovie tells the story of how the Commission’s president Tony Fitzgerald (Nick Tate) and the counsel assisting the Commission Gary Crooke ... [read more]
Divine Service – The House of Freedom Church, Brisbane (1986)
A service is held in the House of Freedom in the inner city Brisbane suburb of West End, with a population of migrant, Aboriginal and working class Australians. This Christian community began in 1972 and its origins are explained by ... [read more]
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 6 (2004)
From the adventure of bush tucker in Kakadu to a huge Greek family feast at Easter, then Italian pastries followed by the seductively creamy custard apple and how and where it is grown. It’s all in a day’s work for ... [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]
A Big Country – The Challenge of Lake Eyre (1978)
Lake Eyre is generally a massive environment of death or rather lifelessness, and every year for several months, John and Roma Dulhunty come to the lake to conduct their geological survey. [read more]
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 1 (2004)
Another episode of the ever popular and very different cooking show that explores Australia for its inspiration. In this program, it’s mum’s cooking with a difference in Broome; a bloke and his brick oven; and a wonderful display of ice ... [read more]
Red Cross Cinema Advertisement: The Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme (c1941)
A community announcement promoting the Red Cross’s Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. The advertisement consists of a three-minute address to camera by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson. [read more]
