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Don Bradman in England (1930)

Don Bradman is interviewed in 1930 while on tour in England. He gives a demonstration of various batting techniques. [read more]

Australia Post – News Release E-Post Electronic Mail (1985)

This 1985 video press release explains E-Post, a new service offered by Australia Post. [read more]

Roamin’ Holiday (1954)

This amateur travelogue made by John and Frank Straford records their trip to north-east Victoria. Places visited include Marysville, Stephenson Falls, Cumberland Falls, Tallangatta, Hume Weir and Bethanga. It includes both black-and-white and colour footage. [read more]

Redfern Beach (2001)

Max (Michael Tuahine), a worker in a fishmonger’s factory, falls in love with Dimitra (Phaedra Nicolaidis), the daughter of the factory owner (Nicholas Papademetriou). Dimitra’s father refuses to accept the relationship. [read more]

Dipping Sheep (1899)

A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]

Black Talk (2002)

A short drama about two cousins Tim (Russell Page) and Scott (Laurence Clifford) who are temporarily reunited when city-based Tim returns to visit his family. [read more]

Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)

University film studies student Mia (Frances O’Connor) wants to follow her favourite lecturer to a different department, but she has only one day left to register. She becomes jealous when her lesbian lover, Danni (Radha Mitchell), stays out all night ... [read more]

Bit of Black Business – Nana (2007)

A Little Girl (Kiara Gibson) loves her Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and follows her as she hunts, sells art and patrols her Alice Springs community for drug runners. Nana has everything and everyone under control. [read more]

Fran (1985)

In suburban Perth, young mother Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) has been seeking the social and sexual comfort of men while her husband, Ray (Danny Adcock), works up north. Ray returns unexpectedly one day, saying he’s heard of her infidelity. He viciously ... [read more]

Australia Post – Animation (c1988)

This is a set of five Australia Post animated television advertisements, produced between October 1988 and June 1989. [read more]

Stan Ray and George Moon Jnr: Specialty Dancers (1931)

Entertainers Stan Ray and George Moon Jnr perform a tap dancing routine as part of Frank Thring’s Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts. [read more]

Chequerboard Revisited – Episode 5: You Can’t Have A Child That’s Ugly (2000)

In 1969, the ABC documentary program Chequerboard, made a program about child performers. Thirty-one years later, two of them agreed to be filmed for Chequerboard Revisited. [read more]

Kolynos Dental Cream Advertisement: Next Please (c1944)

Mrs Howard and her 12-year–old daughter Nancy sit in a dentist’s waiting room. Nancy has a sore tooth. If Nancy brushes her teeth correctly and uses Kolynos Dental Cream, her next check-up report card will read, ‘teeth checked – perfect ... [read more]

Roma Street Station (1899)

This actuality footage shows a train pulling up to Roma Street Station, Brisbane in 1899. Commuters, many of them wearing boaters and suits, disembark from the train and walk up the stairs towards the camera. [read more]

Bit of Black Business – Bloodlines (2007)

Bloodlines, is about making a difficult phone call. The caller is Josh Barnett (Kirk Page) who is a young man that appears to have it all in his modern apartment. He doesn’t make the call as he is preoccupied with ... [read more]

Bigger than Texas (1992)

This documentary is a personal vision of the filmmaker, David Noakes, as he examines the cultural development of Western Australia. He interviews writers Tim Winton and Fay Zwicky, and film producer John Izzard. Noakes explores the founding of Perth and ... [read more]

Rinso Washing Powder: A Bachelor Grey (c1943)

Narrating the life of bachelor Henry, this cartoon-style advertisement for Rinso washing powder shows how this miraculous laundry product can turn anyone’s life around! [read more]

Pentuphouse (1998)

A portrait of the dying days of the relationship between down-and-out nightclub singer Della (Gillian Jones) and Dale (Aaron Blabey), a younger man constantly on the wrong side of the law. [read more]

Cheeky Dog (2006)

A documentary about a young Indigenous boy with muscular dystrophy and his fascination with dogs. Cheeky Dog is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe means 'ours’ in the ... [read more]

December Boys (2006)

Father Scully (Frank Gallacher) drives Maps (Daniel Radcliffe), Misty (Lee Cormie), Sparks (Christian Byers) and Spit (James Fraser) hundreds of miles from the middle of Australia to the beach for a holiday after a benefactor gives some money to the ... [read more]

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