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The Tasmanian Tiger (1960)
This partly dramatised documentary is a brief look at Tasmania’s animals and birds. A young couple go looking for the elusive Tasmanian tiger. They interview experts and look at animals and birds in captivity. [read more]
What Makes a Champion (1959)
This sporting documentary made by the Shell Film Unit Australia answers the question ‘What makes a champion?’ by analysing championship performance and investigating the qualities in elite athletes that give them the ability to win. It focuses on six key ... [read more]
Bondi Rescue – Series 1, Episode 4 (2006)
A young man is found lifeless in the water on a surprisingly calm day. With no breath and no pulse, a frantic resuscitation begins. [read more]
Dancing Orpheus (1962)
A black-and-white nature program from the earliest years of ABC television featuring the unique lyrebird. [read more]
Snapshots around ‘Madras’ (c1926)
This silent home movie footage filmed by Gordon Gidney captures family members in their back garden at their home ‘Madras’ in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Eliza. They are filmed waving, smiling and talking to the camera in a series ... [read more]
McIlwraith, Peter: Brisbane Show and Moonbi Park (c1950)
This silent colour home movie, filmed by Peter McIlwraith, is of the annual Brisbane Exhibition (or 'Ekka’) in the 1950s. It features the showgrounds, crowds and rides, as well as footage of Moonbi Park and a family wedding party in ... [read more]
Brisbane Dreaming (1994)
This documentary is about the original Indigenous custodians of the Brisbane area. [read more]
Catalyst – Teen Brain (2005)
In 1973, Australia lowered the age of majority to 18, the age at which you are legally responsible for your actions. New science, however, is proving that our brains are not actually mature until around the age of 25. [read more]
Mum’s the Word – Episode 9 (2003)
A group of women, including actress Zoe Carides and broadcaster Amanda Keller, discuss body image before and after pregnancy with presenter Rebecca le Tourneau. [read more]
In the Wild with Harry Butler – Scars on the Landscape (1976)
Naturalist Harry Butler is in northern Queensland, where millennia of fire stick farming by Indigenous Australians has created the grasslands of that region. [read more]
Catching Crocodiles (1933)
This wildlife documentary made by Australian Educational Films shows methods used by hunters to catch freshwater and saltwater crocodiles in Australia’s far north. [read more]
Jack Johnson Training Film (c1909)
Historic footage of heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson at California training in front of a small crowd. [read more]
A Big Country – The Darcys of Mallapunyah (1981)
The Darcys have one of the last family owned and operated cattle stations in the Northern Territory. Their vast family ensures a constant supply of labour but could create future inheritance issues. [read more]
General Motors Holden – Australia’s Ideal Family Car (c1957)
This black-and-white television advertisement presents the early model Holden sedan as Australia’s 'ideal family car’. It highlights the car’s new features and shows it undergoing steering tests on the Holden Lang Lang proving ground outside Melbourne, Victoria. [read more]
General Motors Holden – To Suit All Family Needs (c1956)
This television advertisement for General Motors Holden emphasises the Holden sedan’s suitability to the needs of the family. [read more]
General Motors Holden – Holden’s Got More Horses (1966)
This television advertisement for the 1966 'turbo-smooth’ Holden HR is squarely aimed at a male audience. [read more]
Fez Please (c1935)
A short silent documentary made by the Owen Brothers about Melbourne’s fast-disappearing cable trams. [read more]
Sugar Mills, Nambour (1899)
This actuality footage shows a horse-drawn tramway of cane arriving at a conveyor belt at a sugar mill in Nambour, Queensland. The cane is trimmed and carried by conveyor belt into the mill for crushing. [read more]
Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
When hunters kill his mother, a young kangaroo becomes a family pet at the farm of Tom Henton (Brian Abbott). Tom’s mother (Ethel Saker) names him Chut and rears him by hand. Tom teaches the animal to box, then gives ... [read more]
Kimberley Cops (2001)
This documentary series follows the lives of policemen serving in the Kimberley, in the remote north of Western Australia. The officers serve the vast area, dealing with lost tourists, rogue crocodiles, Aboriginal children and community liaison. [read more]
