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The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait 1898
Yamaz Sibarud, a traditional song performed by ‘Maino of Yam’, is part of the Alfred Cort Haddon recordings of the Cambridge anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898.
Torres Strait Islanders 1898
Torres Strait Islanders contains the surviving four-and-a-half minutes of footage shot by AC Haddon during an expedition conducted by Cambridge University to Murray Island in the Torres Straits, in 1898. Composed of five short sequences, ...
Boer War Transvaal Contingent 1899
This piece of actuality footage shot by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899 records part of the parade of the First ...
Building Construction 1899
This actuality footage, filmed in 1899, shows demolition workers carrying rubble away in wheelbarrows. A wall then crashes down.
Darnley Islanders Pay Tribute 1899
The film shows the people of Darnley Island greeting Queensland’s Home Secretary, the Hon. Justin FG Foxton, and his wife Emily and giving them gifts of fruit from the island.
Dipping Sheep 1899
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip.
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 ...
Loading Horses on the SS Cornwall 1899
Officers of the Queensland Mounted Infantry lead horses down a ramp to board the SS Cornwall on 31 October 1899, prior to their departure for the Boer War.
Newtown Railway Station 1899
This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a static view of commuters meeting an incoming train at a railway station in Sydney’s inner west. The clip cuts to the view from the back of the ...
North Shore Steam Ferry 1899
This actuality footage shows a steam ferry docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. Bennelong Point, Fort Macquarie and Government House can be seen in the distance.
Opening of Queensland Parliament 1899
This actuality footage shows Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899. A guard of honour, consisting of Queensland’s Permanent Artillery under Lieutenant Black, stands by ...
Queen Street and Victoria Bridge 1899
This actuality footage, shot in 1899, shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.
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.
SS Katoomba Unloading 1899
This actuality footage from 1899 shows the unloading of timber spars from the SS Katoomba at a busy wharf in Brisbane.
Sugar Mills, Nambour 1899
This actuality footage shows a horse-drawn tramway of cane arriving at a conveyor belt at a sugar mill in Nambour, Queensland. The cane is trimmed and carried by conveyor belt into the mill for crushing.
Threshing at Allora 1899
This 1899 actuality footage shows workers tossing wheat sheaves into a threshing machine on a farm at Allora, Queensland. A conveyor belt transports the processed wheat to a large stack. A team of horses brings ...
Inauguration of the Commonwealth 1901
This documentary shows the official parade and the swearing in of Australia’s first Governor General and Federal Cabinet for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on the January 1, 1901.
Chant Vénitien 1904
Dame Nellie Melba’s recording of ‘Chant Vénitien’ was among her first commercial recording sessions. Her performance, for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904, is accompanied by the composer of the song, Herman ...
Living Hawthorn 1906
Historical footage filmed by Melbourne-based chemists Millard Johnson and William Gibson in Hawthorn, Victoria.
The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906
When it opened on 26 December 1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang was six reels long, or close to 60 minutes, a duration that was unheard of. What remains of the film is almost ...
Street Scenes in Perth, Western Australia 1907
Leonard Corrick’s candid camera records Perth street scenes in 1907. This footage screened during the performances of the Corrick family entertainers at the Queen’s Hall in Perth in March 1907.
Boxing 1908: Johnson vs Burns 1908
Historical footage of an open-air boxing match held at Sydney Stadium, Rushcutters Bay, on 26 December 1908. Canadian Tommy Burns and African American Jack Johnson are competing for the World Heavyweight Championship title. Fight promoter ...
Fighting the Flames 1909
This footage of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade features horsedrawn fire units moving through the streets of Adelaide as well as rescue and resuscitation demonstrations by fire brigade members.
Higgins, Bryce: Family and Holiday Scenes: 1909-1924 c1909
This home movie footage, filmed mostly by Ernest Higgins, includes scenes of a family picnic at Mt Wellington, Christmas celebrations, children’s birthday parties, picnics, holidays and other family gatherings between 1909 and 1924.
Marvellous Melbourne: Queen City of the South c1910
This silent documentary with intertitles was compiled by producer Charles Cozens Spencer and cinematographer Ernest Higgins. It documents architecture, transport, and recreation in Melbourne in the early part of last century.
Opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway 1910
This silent historical footage filmed by Millard Johnson and William Gibson captures the opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway, Victoria, on 30 May 1910.
Pathe Animated Gazette (Australasian Edition): The First Instalment of Australian Notes c1910
This Australasian edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette newsreel contains four news items, including the first instalment of Australian bank notes and the opening of the Pakington Street Infant School in Kew, Victoria.
At Footscray a Church is Pulled Down 1911
This Pathé Freres Australian Animated Gazette newsreel item shows a small church in Paisley Street in Footscray, Melbourne. It is being prepared for demolition to make way for a new cinema, the Grand Picture Theatre.
Ballarat Beauty Competition 1911
This silent newsreel shows the first 15 contestants in a local children’s beauty competition held in the Victorian town of Ballarat in 1911.
Footscray 1911 c1911
This unedited actuality footage of Footscray in 1910 captures street scenes of daily life in the Melbourne suburb. The film is silent, without intertitles and filmed mostly with a static camera.
A Thriving and Prosperous Suburb: Bird’s Eye View of Footscray c1911
This short documentary with intertitles showcases the inner-west Melbourne suburb of Footscray. It includes a panoramic view of the locality, street scenes capturing the daily life of residents and business people, civic buildings, Flemington Racecourse, ...
Naming the Federal Capital of Australia 1913
This silent film footage, by pioneer director Raymond Longford, documents the naming of Australia’s capital city, Canberra, in the official ceremony held on 12 March 1913. It contains shots of officials attending the ceremony including ...
The St Kilda Esplanade on Boxing Day c1913
This fragment from a silent documentary or newsreel item takes an observational look at the St Kilda esplanade and foreshore on Boxing Day 1913. People relax on the grass, enjoy amusement rides at Luna Park ...
St Kilda Esplanade 1914 1914
This short piece of actuality footage shows people at St Kilda in 1914, including at the entrance to Luna Park, Daylight Pictures Cinema and a jetty at the beach.
Australasian Gazette – HMAS Brisbane Launched at Cockatoo Island 1915
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows the launch of the HMAS Brisbane naval ship by Mrs Fisher, wife of the then Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, on 30 September 1915, from the dockyard of ...
With the Dardanelles Expedition c1915
During July, August and September of 1915, English war correspondent Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett shot scenes of the allied troops on Gallipoli. The first section, entitled ‘Scenes of Anzac’, shows Watson’s Pier at Anzac Cove, including MacLaurin’s ...
WWI Troops Embarkation and Charity Bazaars, Sydney c1915
This silent actuality footage captures various aspects of the domestic war effort in Australia during the First World War, and the people’s relationship to the Australian Imperial Forces recruits. It shows newly recruited troops embarking ...
For the Honour of Australia 1916
As Jack Lane finds himself orphaned and broke, he joins the Australian Navy and is inducted on the training ship, Tingira. His ne’er-do-well brother Stanley (Boyd Irwin) discovers a German spy ring amongst wealthy socialites ...
The Landing of the Australian Troops in Egypt c1916
A short commercial recording, probably made in London around 1916, that dramatises the Australian troops arriving in Egypt, before Gallipoli. It includes what is probably the first recording of 'Advance Australia Fair’, the song that ...
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.
Across the Trans-continental Railway: From Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta c1917
This documentary details part of the building of the trans-continental railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie.
The Australians at Messines 1917
In the lead-up to the Battle of Messines in June 1917, Australian troops study a topographical model of the battle area, constructed on the ground. Small towers allow the men to peruse the ground from ...
Bapaume to Bullecourt 1917
In March 1917, Australian troops occupy Bapaume in northern France, after German troops have withdrawn to stronger defences along the Hindenburg Line. Troops advance across a desolate No-Man’s-Land, past lines of barbed wire. Near the ...
Fighting in Flanders 1917
Australian soldiers prepare for a ‘stunt’ with physical exercises and rifle drill. Well-rested troops display their prowess at marching, as artillery units prepare for a major offensive against German positions east of the Belgian city ...
With the Australians in France 1916 c1917
The film documents Australian troops, and some New Zealanders, during their first few months in action on the Western Front in the First World War. The locations include Pozières, shortly after the Australians endured their ...
Australia in France, Part One c1918
This documentary film was shot in the middle of 1916 on the Western Front in France by British cinematographers. The earliest scenes, from May 1916, include the Australian prime minister, Mr WM Hughes meeting General ...
The Enemy Within 1918
Late in the First World War, Jack Airlie (RL 'Snowy’ Baker) is recalled secretly to Australia after four years of 'special duty’ abroad. He returns to enthusiastic merriment at his gentleman’s club and society parties ...
Incidents in Connection with the Funeral of Captain Baron von Richthofen 1918
After the death of Captain Manfred von Richthofen on 21 April 1918, the wreckage of his plane was brought to the headquarters of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, at Poulainville, near Amiens in France. ...
Prime Minister Rt Hon. WM Hughes visits Western Front 1918
On 2 July 1918, in the final stages of the First World War, the Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM (Billy) Hughes and his deputy, Sir Joseph Cook, visited various Australian headquarters in France. They are ...
Richmond Carnival in Aid of Blind Soldiers, May 1918 1918
This item from a silent newsreel features scenes from a Melbourne carnival held in aid of blind returned soldiers in May 1918. It includes footage of crowds and recreational activities as well as a street ...
