This footage is from a collection of home movies made by colourful Englishman, Cecil Freer.

This 1930 silent film features legendary aviator, Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), arriving at the Darwin Aerodrome in his British-made Avro Avian biplane, the Southern Cross Junior.

Darwin in the mid-1920s showing the laid-back lifestyle often associated with living in the tropics.

Note: this film is silent.

Crocodile Dundee remains the most commercially successful Australian film ever made, with Paul Hogan’s iconic Mick Dundee at the heart of the film. 

The Star Picture Theatre seated around 860 patrons and was central to Darwin’s social life.

In 1977 Rod Ansell (1954–1999) found himself stranded in remote country west of Darwin.

Directed by Charles Chauvel (1897-1959), Jedda was filmed on location in the Northern Territory and starred Ngarla (Rosie) Kunoth, a Central Australian Indigenous woman, as Jedda, and Robe

On 3 January 1955 the Star Picture Theatre became part of Australian film history when it screened the world premiere of Jedda.

Victor Tarhanoff’s 16mm amateur footage is the earliest surviving colour images of Darwin. His beautiful films offer a unique insight into Darwin life before and after the Second World War.

Sophia Sambono reports on her team's recent visit to Alice Springs and the traditional homelands of the Central Arrernte people, which is also the regional hub for many remote Aboriginal communities and organisations.