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Tagged: Australian documentary
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Producer Joanna Buggy and highly acclaimed solo violinist Niki Vasilakis from Adelaide discussed the classical music documentary '4' with high school students in South Australia. Watch videos from...
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Courtesy of Storry Walton and Robin Hughes, we publish their eulogies for the late filmmaker Tom Manefield.
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This excerpt from the opening of the live concert documentary Australian Made, (Richard Lowenstein, Australia, 1987) builds anticipation for the performances to come. The opening vision is edited to...
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This episode focuses on uranium mines located in the Northern Territory near Darwin. It follows the journey of Charles and Elsa Chauvel as they travel from the Katherine River to Katherine, then...
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The Queen in Australia documents the two-month official visit, in February and March 1954, of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. This was her first visit to...
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The Big Island is a documentary about life in Australia in 1970. There is little narration in the film, but many pictures of Australian life. This brief clip shows some of Australia's interesting...
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A film from 1937 about an expedition led by Sydney businessman, H. V. Foy to Central Australia to trace the story of Harry Lasseter and his lost gold reef. Combines documentary and docu-drama,...
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Documentary exploring the impact of twelve British atomic bomb tests detonated in Australia between 1952 and 1957, as seen through the eyes of Aboriginal elders, former military veterans, politicians...
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A documentary history of the uranium and nuclear industry in South Australia from 1910 to 1980. Incorporates a mass of rare archival footage and contemporary interviews with workers, scientists, and...
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A film from 1937 about an expedition led by Sydney businessman, H. V. Foy to Central Australia to trace the story of Harry Lasseter and his lost gold reef. Combines documentary and docu-drama,...