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Kookaburra call - David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil does an amazingly life-like kookaburra call and then tells a story about the kookaburra in this excerpt from an oral history from 1978. 

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Storm Boy: 'Does this country belong to him?'

Mike (Greg Rowe) and his father (Peter Cummins) go to warn Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil) that trouble is brewing.

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Storm Boy: 'You run like a blackfella!'

While his father takes a catch of fish to sell in town, Mike (Greg Rowe) discovers some illegal hunters shooting birds.

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Storm Boy: 'Wild things should be free'

Mike (Greg Rowe) is overjoyed when Mr Percival, his pet pelican, returns after being set free. 

Summary by Paul Byrnes

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Cockatoo Circus: Melbourne Exhibition Building and Aquarium

Performing cockatoos, the Melbourne Exhibition Building (now the Royal Exhibition Building) and Australia's first aquarium feature in this Cine Service production from 1949.

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Cockatoo Circus

This Cine Service production from 1949 shows Australian stockman Peter Miller with his well-trained sulphur-crested cockatoos performing a remarkable series of tricks, including the cockatoo merry-

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Simon Townsend's Wonder World!: 1986 Team

A publicity photo of Simon Townsend and his Wonder World! reporters, circa 1986.

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Bird and Animal Calls of Australia: Male koala grunting

The voice-over announces 'the male koala grunting’. We hear a series of deep-voiced grunts similar to the sounds of a large pig.

Summary by Maryanne Doyle

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Billie Peach - 'The Talking Budgerigar'

Billie Peach, who on the label is described as 'The Talking Budgerigar' was a budgerigar owned by Mr and Mrs Peach of Darling Point, NSW. It is claimed he had a vocabulary of 400 words.

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Kookaburra - Napoleon cover image

Napoleon, 1996 - Film Australia Collection © NFSA, Australian Film Finance Corporation Pty Limited, Herald Ace Inc, Furry Feature Films Pty Limited.