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-

This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country traces the very start of Alberto's Circus and Zoo back to the late 1800s when the Perry family swapped their western Queensland pub for a bu

This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country covers the Tasmanian leg of Alberto's Circus' travels across Australia.

This silent newsreel clip shows Princess Alice, the most beloved and famous elephant of Wirth's Circus. It's unclear whether the truck has broken down or if Alice in unable to climb back on board.

A song, 'The Last Circus’, plays under a montage of circus scenes, including clowns, acrobats, animals performing and kids reacting. Summary by Damien Parer

We see lions being trained. Trainer Stafford Bullen says the same techniques are used to train lions and tigers and domestic cats.

Summary Damien Parer

Wirth's Circus arrives at Geelong and prepares for a performance.

Cold Chisel publicity photo to promote the release of the album Circus Animals in 1982. The photo shoot for the album took place on the salt pans of Lake Eyre.