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This is a condensed version of a series of films made in 1965 and 1967 of trips to the Western Desert region of Australia. The object of these trips was to film the daily life of the nomadic Aboriginal people living in the Gibson Desert of Central Australia. Although this land is one of the most arid regions of Australia, the people who lived there regarded it as rich in resources. The series was devised as an ethnographic record and was sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies for the then Commonwealth Film Unit. (From the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia)

This short film provides a glimpse into the thriving Australian pop scene of the early 1970s. It showcases one song each from three different bands during a live performance at the famous TF Much Ballroom in Melbourne. The first song 'I Think of You' features the theatrical rock style of Wendy Saddington and Teardrop, with the singer and an accompanying performance artist dressed as harlequins. The exuberant Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band plays next 'Who Walks in When I Walk Out' with their unique brand of psychedelic jug-band music, followed by the experimental progressive guitar rock group Indelible Murtceps with 'A Song that I Know'.

In February 1963, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh returned to Australia for the Jubilee Year of Canberra. The film follows them on their 9,000 mile tour and shows the beauty and variety of the Australian scene, and thriving development ranging from hydroelectric schemes to universities.

A film created to encourage British people to move to Australia. Includes scenes of recreation, industry, housing, etc.

An Australian short film documentary of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

Where Dead Men Lie is a short drama based on a "script" written by Henry Lawson in 1896 in the earliest days of moving pictures. Anticipating the development of dramatic cinema, Lawson wrote his story, The Australian Cinematograph, with clear directions for the camera.

One of Australia's most famous photographers and explorers, Frank Hurley, presents this absorbing film on the history of Australia's first expeditions to the Antarctic continent between 1911 and 1954. In the summer of 1911, a group of pioneers set off from Hobart on the tall ship Aurora to an unknown land. Their send-off was captured by Hurley in remarkable, archival footage. Buffeted by blizzards, and with the ever-present threat of crevasses, they made Cape Dennison in Commonwealth Bay their base for one year. Hurley describes his subsequent expeditions to the region with Shackleton, Wilkins and Campbell. Campbell's expedition in 1947 saw the establishment of scientific stations at Heard and Macquarie Islands. In 1954, Hurley joined the expedition led by Phillip Law on the Danish ice-breaker, the Kista Dan. Hurley's original footage shows the ship edging its way across the pack ice to the safety of the harbour where the first permanent Australian post in the Antarctic, Mawson Station was established. A rare film which reveals the true hardship and courage of these early pioneers.

The joys of living in Australia at Christmas time.

A look into beekeeping.