Cream border, title in yellow and red text in top right corner.

Full colour Australian poster for Sons of Matthew showing Michael Pate lying injured on the ground with Thelma Scott bent over him. A male stands looking over both.

What was Australia’s first gold record? You may be surprised to learn that it involved a harmonica and the Three Bears.

This excerpt from Swanston St Shamble is among the first jazz recording of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944.

Summary by Ian Gilmour

Faith Bandler, an Indigenous woman, tells of her experience of the Women’s Land Army. Summary by Susan Lambert.

Two women describe the hard physical work of the Women’s Land Army and express their pride in their achievements. Black-and-white stills and colour footage show the women at work.

Various media from 1942 – posters, newsreels and promotional films – show the recruiting campaign for the Women’s Land Army. In interview, Tige Hunter explains why she joined up.

 A romantic tour of Heron Island and the Great Barrier Reef.

This short film takes a look at the life of Queensland sugar cane cutters.

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1945. Directed by Shan Benson. This is the story of a city built on coal.