Behind every safer site and shorter shift lies a story of protest, persistence and the people who changed how Australia works.

The Great Strike of 1917 achieved little for those who stopped work, yet it remains one of the

It has been estimated that 90% of films produced in the silent era have been lost forever.

This poster from c. 1910 is an advertisement for His Master’s Voice Records featuring operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba.

This glass slide illustrates the difference in corset waistlines from 1900 to 1931 in five steps. It was used as part of the Berlei training for prospective fitters.

A bi-fold pamphlet advertising Australian screenings of Neptune's Daughter (1914).

Scenes from Neptune's Daughter (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1914) give an idea of the more spectacular plot points.

An advertisement for an Australian screening of A Daughter of the Gods (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1916). 

A publicity still of Annette Kellerman from the lost film A Daughter of the Gods (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1916). Kellerman is credited with being the first woman to appear nude in a film.

Films starring Annette Kellerman almost always found a way to showcase her skills as a diver, swimmer and underwater ballet artist.