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Travelogue of Eastern States (c1929)

This travelogue, made around 1929, shows the major cities of eastern Australia including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the new national capital, Canberra. [read more]

Message Stick – Bill’s Wake (2001)

Bill Neidjie decided to have a wake while he was alive, rather than waiting until his death, to hear what everyone would say about him. [read more]

Passionless Moments (1983)

Passionless Moments is a lighthearted series of vignettes sharing people’s fleeting thoughts. Jane Campion combines a serious documentary style with a whimsical look at the small moments people experience everyday. [read more]

Shifting Sands – Grace (1998)

A short drama about a woman (Justine Saunders) who returns to Cairns for the burial of her sister. [read more]

Shark Vs Croc (2004)

Which is the deadliest killer: the tiger shark or the crocodile? Adventurer Ben Cropp answers the question by looking at a recent history of crocodile and shark attacks and his own experiences with each creature. [read more]

John Safran’s Music Jamboree – Episode 2 (2002)

John Safran’s Music Jamboree is a ten-part comedy-documentary series about music and pop culture. In episode 2, John Safran stages a Footloose-inspired dance protest at his former high school and helps nine young men gain entry into an exclusive Melbourne ... [read more]

Skippy – Long Way Home (1968)

When head ranger Matt Hammond (Ed Devereaux) refuses to make a deal with Dr Alexander Stark (Frank Thring) – who is determined to have Skippy caged in his private zoo far away from the freedom of Waratah National Park – ... [read more]

Clarke, Robin JH: Sydney Diary (1950)

In this 1950s silent home movie footage, we spend a typical evening with the Clarke family at their Wahroonga home in North Sydney. [read more]

Charles Ulm (c1928)

This historical footage documents an air show featuring Charles Ulm and two planes: the Southern Cloud and Canberra Pup. [read more]

Emerald City (1988)

Successful screenwriter Colin Rogers (John Hargreaves) moves from Melbourne to Sydney with his publisher wife Kate (Robyn Nevin) and their children, Sam (Haydon Samuels) and Penny (Ella Scott). When his latest screenplay is rejected by producer Elaine Ross (Ruth Cracknell), ... [read more]

Pathe Animated Gazette: 141st Australasian Edition (c1918)

News items featured in this Australasian edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette include: the opening of the New Melbourne Hospital, an annual foot race between competitors from Rose Bay and Double Bay, and the opening of Sydney’s State Parliament by ... [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]

We Have Survived (1981)

This hard-hitting reggae version of Bart Willoughby’s song ‘We Have Survived’ is performed by No Fixed Address. It has become an unofficial anthem for many Indigenous Australians. [read more]

General Motors Holden – Range of Products (c1960)

This two-minute television advertisement presents a range of products produced by General Motors Holden including motor vehicles and kitchen appliances. It also features parts and accessories manufactured by GMH for other subsidiaries. [read more]

Minter, R: South-East Asia, India and Rome (1958)

This silent colour 16mm home movie, filmed by Robert Minter, is of a world trip in 1958. It includes his travels to Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, India, Turkey, Greece and Italy. [read more]

Backchat, Episode 216 (1988)

On Backchat, viewers of ABC television and ABC radio listeners could write or phone in their response to the weekly output of the public broadcaster, which in this program includes Countrywide and Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypotheticals. There’s also an ... [read more]

Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride (1993)

A documentary that intercuts interview material with historical footage, Freedom Ride, written and directed by Rachel Perkins, delves into the political motivations of her father, Dr 'Kumantjayi’ (Charlie) Perkins. Perkins was a university student in the 60s and led other ... [read more]

Ninety Nine Per Cent (1963)

Italian immigrant widower Joseph Pino (Francesco Pino) and his school-age son Peter (Carmelo Pino) are opposites personality-wise, living a domestically chaotic life after the death of their wife and mother. When Pino – which is what Joseph is usually called ... [read more]

Sprod, John: Pioneer Tours Bus Trip to Flinder’s Ranges, Building Brick Houses (c1946)

This colour 8 mm home movie, filmed by John Sprod, records a bus tour to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and scenes of people building a brick house. [read more]

Les Darcy’s Last Fight: Les Darcy vs George Chip (1916)

Historical footage of Australian boxing champion Les Darcy and American George Chip at the Sydney Stadium on 30 September 1916. Highlights from rounds one, three, five, seven and nine are shown. [read more]

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