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Food, Glorious Food
From farm to factory to table, this collection of films spanning almost a century shows the changing face of Australia's rural and industrial landscapes.    In the late 19th Century primary industry...
Collection
Lumière
The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection: over 30 short films made in 1899. Produced by Frederick Charles Wills and Henry William Mobsby, these films record...
Article
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables in 2021
In this United Nations International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, we're revisiting Australia's proud food production history.
Article
Regional Radio Dramas by the Rural Bank of NSW from the 1930s and 40s
Guest contributor Jennifer Bowen shares extracts from several rare regional radio programs in the NFSA collection funded by the Rural Bank of NSW.
Audio
Agricultural Magazine of the Air, 1948
The bank’s Agricultural Magazine of the Air ran on 17 NSW commercial stations in 1939, still on air in the 1950s. Post war, it actively promoted ideas of progressive farming by sending Australian...
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World’s best chocolate gelato at the Ekka
This news segment is a fine example of a feel-good story with a hook to a local event that typically screens at the end of a news bulletin. Colin Cunningham was a dairy farmer and cheesemaker for 40...
Video
A Farmer's Life In Drought
It hasn’t rained for 18 months and 5,000 sheep have already perished. Farmer Max Russell is desperate to save his remaining flock and hands them over to a drover. This is an excerpt from the film ...
Video
Royal Sydney Sheep Show – wool fashions
The highlight of this newsreel segment about Australian sheep is a model in woollen clothing walking down the catwalk with a huge ram by her side. Woollen garments shown include dresses, coats,...
Video
My Brilliant Career: 'I want to be a writer'
Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) has waited two years for Sybylla (Judy Davis) to agree to marry. As drought grips the land again, he comes for an answer, but Sybylla explains why she cannot. Summary by...
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The Sundowners: No place for a woman
Ida (Deborah Kerr) has persuaded her husband to inquire about a job shearing sheep. In the contractor’s office, Paddy (Robert Mitchum) tries his best to avoid getting hired but Quinlan (Chips...
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