Scenes of wheat harvesting are accompanied by commentary full of metaphors of nation-building based on ‘harvesting the benefits of a great past’.

A close-up of a ‘modern stud’ sheep is shown to be the product of a ‘century’s breeding’.

A beautifully photographed montage of Sydney’s architecture, streets, people and modes of transport that is rapidly edited to orchestrated music. Summary by Poppy de Souza.

Text on back of this photo reads: 'The Majestic Pictures would screen regularly here and always get a packed house. 1/6 adults 6d children'.

Impossible not to love this girl's artistic interpretation of 'the land of many crows', Wagga Wagga!

See how Broken Hill has changed in these films and recorded sound items from the NFSA's collection.