In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Moya Wood, the scriptwriter and script coordinator for Skippy admits she was initially ambivalent about taking on the role. 

In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Bill Lambert, he explains why multiple kangaroos were needed to play Skippy and talks about the special on-camera skill of 'Nuts' the kanagaroo.

In this excerpt from an oral history recording, Tony Bonner, who played helicopter pilot Jerry King, shares his amusement at the clever skills attributed to kangaroos by the writers of Skippy.

John McLean, camera operator on Wake in Fright, talks about Ted Kotcheff as a director and the expectation at the time that the film would be a success.

Wake in Fright editor Anthony Buckley recounts how the production company got in trouble when the film's realistic looking stage money, created for the two-up scenes, ended up at Randwick&

Director Ted Kotcheff talks about 'Nelson', the impressive one-eyed kangaroo that fights Peter Whittle (Joe) in a memorable scene in Wake in Fright.

In this excerpt from a video oral history interview with actress Maggie Dence, she recalls the reaction of the audience at the first cast and crew screening of Wake in Fright in Sydney, 19

This is an excerpt from an NFSA video oral history interview between Paul Harris and Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian-born director of Wake in Fright (1971).

On 9 March 2021, veteran oral history interviewer Graham Shirley sat down for a day with Di Drew to capture a fascinating discussion about Di’s career.

Actor Bryan Brown talks about working with Heath Ledger on Two Hands (1999) when Ledger was 20 years old and just starting out.