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Walkabout: This is Australia

The brother and sister are dying of thirst, camped by a spring that has dried up while they were asleep. The boy (Lucien John) sees a figure on the horizon.

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Sea World opens on the Gold Coast

Sea World founder Keith Williams (1929–2011) talks about its origins as a waterski show. Sea World opened on the Gold Coast on 30 October 1971.

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Annette Kellerman's underwater ballet

Kellerman was 52 years old when her husband and manager Jimmie Sullivan filmed this rare footage of her performing the underwater adagio - a slow ballet dance.

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The Perth to Coolgardie Water Scheme

Construction of the Perth to Coolgardie Water Scheme is a story of personal tragedy, political rivalries, corruption and trial by media that nearly tore apart Australia at the moment of its birth.

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Fire Guardians: A fire emergency

Members of the NSW Fire Brigade tackle a blaze at a paper mill until the fire is brought under control. The smoking wreckage and the building’s shell is all that remains.

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Fire Guardians: Firefighting through the ages

This dramatised sequence depicts developments in firefighting techniques through the ages. It begins in Alexandria in 250 BC(Before Christ) with Ctesibus who invented the first practical pump.

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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.