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Oyster Farmer (2004)
Jack Flange (Alex O’Loughlin) takes a job as an oyster farmer on the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. To help his sister (Claudia Harrison), who’s recuperating after a car accident, he robs an armoured van at the Sydney Fish Markets ... [read more]
Chez les Sauvages Australiens (1917)
Composed of material filmed by William Jackson in 1917, Chez Les Sauvages Australiens (In Native Australia or, literally, At Home with the Wild Australians) presents a series of short sequences separated by French language intertitles. This demonstration film of ... [read more]
Brother (1999)
The narrator (voiced by William McInnes) tells the story of his larrikin, asthmatic brother. Brother features their parents and the suburban world they live in. [read more]
Syme, Ken: Melbourne Olympic Games (1956)
The 1956 Olympic Games, held in Melbourne, was a high profile event for the city. Like many ordinary Australians at the time, Ken Syme took home movie footage of the event. His silent, colour footage captures the street celebrations and ... [read more]
Compass – Broken Open (2005)
Craig Hamilton was a very successful sports commentator who suffered a nervous breakdown at the peak of his career. He was about to take up a job at the Sydney 2000 Olympics when he fell apart in a very public ... [read more]
Picturesque Portsea Provides Perfect Pageant (c1926)
This silent footage features a newsreel segment, filmed by Gordon Gidney, of bathers and holiday-makers on Portsea Beach in the 1920s. Intertitles are used throughout. [read more]
Terrain Study of Phuoc Tuy Province South Vietnam (1967)
This Army training film looks at the terrain of what was known as South Vietnam, principally in the province of Phuoc Tuy. [read more]
Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 2 (1948)
This home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, during a family journey through Europe in 1948, begins with a title card that says ‘I didn’t see enough of it’ and cuts to footage of the cricket at ... [read more]
Mparntwe Sacred Sites (2004)
A documentary about the sacred sites of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and how the development of Alice Springs affected the cultural traditions of the Arrernte people. [read more]
Revolving Door (2006)
An experimental, animated documentary examining street prostitution in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. Revolving Door cuts between different perspectives to create a snapshot of St Kilda’s illegal sex industry. Residents protest against the sex trade on their doorsteps. Police ... [read more]
Look Both Ways (2005)
On the way home from her father’s funeral, Meryl (Justine Clarke), a young artist, sees a man killed by a passing train. Nick, a newspaper photographer (William McInnes) is sent to cover the accident, a few hours after being told ... [read more]
Persil Washing Powder: Their Day (1946)
This black-and-white cinema advertisement for Persil Washing Powder uses the style of a romantic musical to literally sing the praises of the powder’s effectiveness. [read more]
Those Who Love (1926)
Sir James Manton (Robert Purdie), a wealthy society figure, bribes Bébé Dorée (Sylvia Newland), a female dancer, to vanish from the life of his son Barry (William Carter). Abandoning his parents and their money, Barry becomes a wharf labourer and ... [read more]
Burning Man (2011)
After a personal tragedy, workaholic Sydney restaurateur-chef and single father Tom (Matthew Goode) turns to promiscuous sex to bury his emotional turmoil and calm his high stress levels until another calamity threatens his life. [read more]
The 1930s Golden Era of Australian Movies: A Tribute to Ken G Hall AO OBE (1988)
Australian producer-director Ken G Hall talks to camera about five of his films – On Our Selection (1932), The Squatter’s Daughter (1933), Tall Timbers (1937), It Isn’t Done (1937)and Dad Rudd MP (1940). The second part of the documentary shows ... [read more]
Angel Baby (1995)
Harry (John Lynch) falls instantly for Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) when he sees her at the mental health clinic. She doesn’t hang around with psychos, she tells him, but her feelings change when she receives a sign from her favourite television ... [read more]
Spirit of Progress: Australia’s Wonder Train (1937)
The Spirit of Progress was Australia’s first completely air conditioned, streamlined, all-steel passenger train. This documentary details the train’s construction; its comfort and safety features; the opening celebrations headed by the Victorian Premier, Albert Dunstan; and the passenger train’s inaugural ... [read more]
Wandjina! – Episode 5 (1966)
Two boys – Bruce (David Yorston) and Donald (Mark McManus) – are missing in the bush. Anne (Jacki Weaver) and Linda (Juliana Allan) take Anne’s father (Brian James) and the local police sergeant, Tom Hicks (Bob Haddow), to where Bruce, ... [read more]
ALP: Frank Forde, Election 1946 (1946)
In an address to the public designed in newsreel format for cinema release, Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde makes an appeal to his Capricornia electorate for a vote for him and a vote for Chifley, prior to the September 1946 ... [read more]
Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will (2006)
A documentary about elders Doreen and Gladys Miller, the last remaining speakers of the Wirangu language in an area where the dominant remaining Indigenous languages are Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara. [read more]
