Dorothea Mackellar recites the first stanza of her most famous poem, recorded in 1958.

Summary by Paul Byrnes

This clip is from the start of Smoky Dawson and the Singing Bullet. In this episode, Young Billy (Ray Hartley) is kidnapped by Crogan and Gilmore, Smoky’s old enemies.

Home movie footage taken by Gerty Anschel (c.1954-1955) with audio commentary by filmmaker and artist Philippe Mora.

This 30-second clip includes the instrumental introduction and first verse of 'Bye Bye Baby’, as performed by Col Joye and the Joy Boys with backing vocals from the Sapphires.

This is an episode of Dossier on Demetrius (1951), from Grace Gibson Productions.

A clip from a cinema advertisement for Sennitt’s Ice Cream featuring the popular Melbourne radio announcers Nicky (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Graham (Kennedy).

A short extract from the morning program ‘Nicky and Graham’ starring Nicky (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Graham Kennedy on Melbourne radio station 3UZ in June 1955. Nicky and Graham

A tourist visiting Far North Queensland investigates what underpins the tropical north and discovers it is more than just a holiday destination.

Broken Hill, the "Barrier City", stands in one of Australia's most desolate regions in western N.S.W.

This roller skating footage features the St. Moritz Skaters - choreographed sequences are performed by June and Dick Evans followed by Roderick Cowden and Vera Cowden (nee Paravicini).