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From Sand to Celluloid – Black Man Down (1996)

An experimental short drama about Aboriginal deaths in custody. [read more]

Profiles of Power, HC Coombs (1970)

HC Coombs is interviewed about his life and work by the current affairs journalist Robert Moore. Questions cover the forty years in which he was advisor to six Australian prime ministers, including Curtin, Chifley, Menzies, and Whitlam. [read more]

Australasian Gazette – 1924 Melbourne Cup (1924)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel shows the 1924 Melbourne Cup. It includes footage of the crowd as well as the race where Backwood won. [read more]

RocKwiz – Series 1 Episode 1 (2005)

Recorded in Melbourne’s legendary rock headquarters, the Espy (the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda) and hosted by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis, RocKwiz mixes live music, trivia, celebrity guests and a pub audience. Musical clues are provided by The RocKwiz ... [read more]

Storm Boy (1976)

A 10-year-old boy (Greg Rowe), living with his father in the wild Coorong wetlands of South Australia, rescues a baby pelican orphaned by hunters. With the help of an Aboriginal man, Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), the boy and the bird ... [read more]

Blue Water High – Winners and Losers (2005)

Six lucky Australian teenage surfers have fought hard to win a place in an intensive, 12-month residential surfing and schooling program at Solar Blue Surf Academy on Sydney’s northern beaches. The last minute inclusion of the unknown German kiteboarder Anna ... [read more]

Australia’s Land of Tomorrow (1962)

Australian Inland Mission (AIM) superintendent Reverend Fred McKay conducts his patrol through the north of Australia. Along the way he witnesses a prospering region where industry and agriculture have grown and the population has greatly increased since the first ... [read more]

Australasian Gazette – Armistice Day, Melbourne (c1925)

This newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. The clip ... [read more]

Us Deadly Mob (2005)

Us Deadly Mob is a short documentary about an Indigenous family of surfers – a 'surf family story’. [read more]

Deadly Yarns – Ganggu Mama (2004)

A gang of young Aboriginal boys living in the city and getting up to mischief turn their backs on their culture. Ganggu Mama (David Ngoombujarra), or Uncle Daddy, suggests the boys join him busking at the Fremantle markets, but they ... [read more]

Good Girls Do Swallow (2000)

Produced for the Lifestyle Channel, this documentary examines dieting women. Presented by Rachael Oakes-Ash, it takes a witty look at widespread dieting and its consequences. Personalities, people in the street, schoolgirls and experts are interviewed. Oakes-Ash performs a few comedy ... [read more]

Letters to Ali (2004)

A documentary feature by Clara Law that follows an Australian family on their journey of friendship with fifteen-year-old ‘Ali’, an Afghan asylum seeker detained at the Port Hedland detention centre. The film also tells the parallel story of Law’s own ... [read more]

General Motors Holden – Saturday Kind of Car (1967)

This advertisement for the Holden HR station sedan features a typical suburban family weekend, including trips to the store, weekend sport and a picnic by the lake. [read more]

Heatwave (1982)

During a sweltering Sydney summer, architect Stephen West (Richard Moir) faces determined community opposition to his greatest opus, a $200 million inner-city development called the Eden Project. The developer, Peter Houseman (Chris Haywood), hires goons to forcibly remove squatters and ... [read more]

Colleano on Tightwire Rehearsing at Home (c1939)

This colour home movie footage, probably filmed by Winnie Colleano around 1939, shows tightwire performer Con Colleano rehearsing part of his routine in the backyard of his farm near Allentown, Pennsylvania. [read more]

Final Insult (1997)

The documentary examines multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Sufferers are interviewed about their symptoms and medical practitioners offer solutions. The film asks, what do you do when you are allergic to the 20th century? [read more]

Mortified – Taylor’s DNA (2006)

This is the first episode of the series. Self conscious eleven-year-old Taylor Fry (Marny Kennedy) finds her crazy parents Don (Andrew Blackman) and Glenda (Rachel Blakely) so embarrassing that she becomes convinced that they can’t possibly be her real mother ... [read more]

Stir (1980)

After a spell on the outside, China Jackson (Bryan Brown) returns to the jail where he was once savagely bashed. He is determined to stay out of trouble, but an appearance on TV to complain about the bashings has made ... [read more]

Tuckson (1988)

This biographical documentary examines the life and work of artist Tony Tuckson (1921-1973). Tony Tuckson was regarded by some as Australia’s answer to Picasso. From 1952 to 1973 Tuckson worked at the Art Gallery of NSW and was Deputy ... [read more]

Fashionista – John Macarthur (2003)

John Macarthur is from the Macarthur dynasty, the pioneers of Australia’s wool industry. He says he’s descended from the poor relations. This John Macarthur grew up in Bombala near the Snowy Mountains and took up knitting to get through the ... [read more]

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