Lena (Jamilla Frail) and Vaughn (Luke Carroll) walking on the road. A car pulls up. Vaughn talks to the driver, his friend (Allan Campbell). Lena stands a little distant, disinterested.

A long dirt road stretches ahead. A watch is held up. Lena (Jamilla Frail) is walking ahead of Vaughn (Luke Carroll). Vaughn on crutches wants to stop because it hurts. Lena doesn’t want to stop.

Aboriginal kids cling to the fence that keeps them out of the pool area. In the pool, Koorine (Carrie Prosser) races a young girl (Megan Drury).

Waxy (David Hudson) stands in the foreground. In the background by a fire, an Aboriginal warrior (Jeffrey Locke) in traditional dress throws Waxy a snake which becomes a belt when Waxy catches it.

A young boy lays unconscious on the sand. He is helped to his feet by his mother (Roslyn Trillot-Watson) and father (Ted Hopkins).

A hand fumbles for a box of matches on the floor of a car, lost amongst other junk.

Night-time. A man behind the wheel of a car. A desolate road.

Night-time. White lines disappear into the darkness as a solitary car drives along a lonely stretch of country road.

The acclaimed 1994 Australian documentary film Eternity has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program.

Eternity tells the story of Sydney personality Arthur Stace, who famously wrote the word 'Eternity’, in perfect copperplate script, on the footpaths of the city more than half a million ti