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All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front (1963)

At Manly in 1963, police step up patrols to curb gang violence between surfers and ‘rocker’ groups from the outer suburbs. The narration says that there have been fights almost every weekend between rival gangs, and there is a threat ... [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]

On Our Selection (1932)

Drought has all but ruined the Rudd family 'selection’ in south-western Queensland, but Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) and his wife (Alfreda Bevan) hold grimly to the land. He’s in debt to a ruthless neighbour, Old Carey (Len Budrick), who seizes ... [read more]

An AIM Patrol (1927)

During the winter of 1927, Australian Inland Mission (AIM) patrolling officer Reverend Andrew Barber and AIM medical adviser Dr George Simpson travelled over 12,800 kilometres through the central region of Australia to assess the medical needs ... [read more]

Much Ado About Something (2001)

Much Ado About Something questions the authorship of the works of Shakespeare in a delightful and accessible way. It uses interviews, dramatisations, pictures, photos, paintings, and scenes from feature films and plays to investigate whether Christopher Marlowe or Sir Francis ... [read more]

Good Guys Bad Guys – Car Wars (1998)

Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) has found love in the form of bombshell lawyer Carmen Francis (Belinda McClory). There’s one small complication: she’s taking his dry-cleaning business to court on behalf of a disgruntled customer. A conflict of interest? Elvis doesn’t ... [read more]

Sunstruck (1972)

Welsh schoolteacher and choirmaster Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) migrates to Australia. His dream of a new life in sunny Sydney is upended by a posting to Kookaburra Springs, a tiny town in western New South Wales. Boarding at the pub ... [read more]

Wicked Science – Episode 1, The Gift (2003)

On their first day back at Sandy Bay High School, Toby (André de Vanny) and Elizabeth (Bridget Neval) are zapped by a strange ray and become instant scientific geniuses. The battlelines are drawn when Elizabeth interferes with Toby’s first ‘scientific ... [read more]

Government Party Boards SS Lucinda (1899)

This actuality footage was shot in 1899 by Frederick Charles Wills, the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture. It shows Queensland politicians boarding the paddle steamer Lucinda, moored at a wharf on the Brisbane River. The parliamentarians board ... [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]

Cockatoo Island: Newsreel Film of Dockyard Activities (c1939)

This film is a compilation of 11 segments showing activities at Cockatoo Island dockyard, in Sydney Harbour, during the years 1936 to 1942. [read more]

North to Niugini (1979)

Malcolm Douglas and Brett Nixon navigate the east coast of Australia in a five-metre boat. They depart from Sydney then replenish their supplies and enjoy some good fishing on a remote beach in far north Queensland. They continue north to ... [read more]

Building Construction (1899)

This actuality footage, filmed in 1899, shows demolition workers carrying rubble away in wheelbarrows. A wall then crashes down. [read more]

Friday on My Mind (1966)

‘Friday on My Mind’ is considered one of the greatest ever Australian pop songs and made the Easybeats an enduring name in the pop and rock world. [read more]

Bomb Harvest (2007)

Bomb Harvest follows Laith Stevens, an Australian bomb disposal specialist training a team in Laos to clear bombs left from the ‘secret war’ the US waged at the time of the Vietnam War. The film also tracks the locals, including ... [read more]

Mademoiselle and the Doctor (2004)

The documentary explores euthanasia through the suicide of a healthy 79-year-old woman. The film also interviews Dr Philip Nitschke and follows several people who consult him. [read more]

Ocean Girl – Series 2, Episode 3 (1995)

Able to swim like a fish and telepathically communicate with a humpback whale called Charley, ocean girl Neri (Marzena Godecki) is searching for the secret of her past. With the Bates brothers Jason (David Hoflin) and Brett (Jeffrey Walker), and ... [read more]

Snowy Hydro – The Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)

Completed somewhere around 1952, the film celebrates the achievements of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, now three years into its endeavour. [read more]

Modern Love (2006)

City businessman John (Mark Constable) inherits a remote farm from his uncle Tom (Don Barker), a recluse said to have committed suicide. With wife Emily (Victoria Hill) and young son Edward (William Traegar), John travels to the farmhouse for what’s ... [read more]

National Treasures – HMAS Sydney’s Carley Float (2004)

Warren Brown talks to Australian War Memorial curator John White about the tiny, war-ravaged float from HMAS Sydney whose entire crew of 645 was lost when the ship sank after a mysterious battle off the West Australian coast in ... [read more]

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