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Lovers and Luggers: Thursday Island cross-dressing

Soon after arriving on Thursday Island, Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) pays Mendoza (Ronald Whelan) 1,000 pounds for his boat and his house on the island.

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Tatler Social Newsreel: Sherry, olives and cocker spaniels (c.1934)

Only a few Efftee newsreels have survived and this one is a vivid record of Melbourne society at play in the 1930s, complete with a society party in South Yarra.

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Lovers and Luggers: 'A really big pearl'

Concert pianist Daubenny Carshott (Lloyd Hughes) plays for the woman he loves, London society beauty Stella Raff (Elaine Hamill).

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Lovers and Luggers: Pearl overboard

A Torres Strait Island crew member aboard the ‘Dugong’ finds a large pearl as Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) returns from the deep in his diving suit.

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Dad Rudd, MP: The drums of war

In his maiden speech to parliament, Mr Rudd (Bert Bailey) sets out his belief in 'the plain people’ as the backbone of Australian society.

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Dad Rudd, MP: The aristocracy of cattle

Ann Rudd (Yvonne East) and Jim Webster (Grant Taylor) kiss on the terrace at the Webster’s swanky reception. Jim’s father Henry (Frank Harvey) is not impressed to see the Rudds at his party.

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Dad Rudd, MP: Flowing with milk and honey

A delegation of local farmers asks Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) to stand for the local seat, after the death of the sitting member.