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Cute and cuddly, furry or feathered, slippery or scaly; our collection of Australian native animals - both real and imagined - will charm and delight you.
The following selection of films, sounds...
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In this excerpt from Skippy: Australia's First Superstar, the crew talk about how they were able to get Skippy to 'act'.
Animal handler, Scotty Denholm, was very clear that you couldn't train a...
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Director Ted Kotcheff talks about 'Nelson', the impressive one-eyed kangaroo that fights Peter Whittle (Joe) in a memorable scene in Wake in Fright.
He also explains why finding Nelson was 'the...
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This home movie footage was shot by Kethel Timothy (KT) Buckley, father of filmmaker Anthony Buckley, in the 1930s in Sydney. It features a koala and then a kangaroo with joey; where the film was...
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Shorty McGee (Harry Abdy) has punished his prize attraction, Chut the boxing kangaroo, by denying him water for two days. In the ring, Chut’s thirst and his hatred for the whip-wielding McGee boil...
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The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, opens the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane on 30 September 1982. Reporter John Wiseman covers the opening ceremony for Ten Eyewitness News.
The starting of...
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A dead kangaroo sits on the ground between Camphoo and Crook Hat. The elder hooks the stick under the sinew of the kangaroo, and turns it to remove the long tendon. They then take the kangaroos guts...
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The two elders with their spears straightened and smoothed, make holes in the ends with a stone knife for the woomera. The elders tell us the Antarrengeny people are still making spears this way...
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Elders Crook Hat and Camphoo are walking through the bush searching for the right tree to make spears. They tell us that the old people used to cut down the Acacia tree to make spears. The wood of...
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Chut explores his forest world, hopping about madly, as his mother keeps a watchful eye. He encounters many strange things – a koala moving from one tree to another and a bossy emu that chases him,...