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February 18, 2008
The footage is a re-enactment using First World War troops. Australian troops charge out of the trenches to attack the enemy on the Western Front. Bombs explode nearby.
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February 08, 2008
Members of the expedition party and others stand around the site of a large termite mound. Title cards then introduce the next sections which show a shark being caught, crocodiles being hunted, ...
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February 08, 2008
Rain falls heavily, the streets of the community are quiet, and Moses sits drinking tea on the porch of a house in the community of Numbulwar, Wandu, where he is from, has been flooded in. The ...
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February 08, 2008
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February 08, 2008
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February 08, 2008
Frank, a political direct mail consultant, shows how electoral rolls can be analysed to reveal particular demographic groups in an electorate. He says political parties can then more effectively ...
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February 08, 2008
The Footscray Football Club has a fundraiser. The team parade naked in front of fans to raise money for the club. We see them performing ‘The elephant’, a routine where the line of naked dancing ...
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February 08, 2008
Sixteen-year-old singer Marcia Hines was brought to Australia from the USA by the producers of the rock musical Hair in the 1960s. She decided to stay, and ...
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February 08, 2008
Pelsaert returns from Batavia in a rescue vessel for the crew shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast. Prison cells were built from coral on Long Island to confine the mutineers.
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February 08, 2008
Wanda Miller talks about working with Gladys Miller to design language programs that will allow Wirangu to be taught in schools. Wanda’s grandchildren are Wirrangul through her husband. Wombat is ...
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February 08, 2008
Bill Lew and his wife and children talk about the effect on the family when Bill lost four restaurants in the 1990–91 recession. Bill was ashamed by his inability to provide for his family but his ...
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February 08, 2008
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February 08, 2008
The Northern Territory government passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act but the Australian Medical Association is against it. Speaking to camera as he drives around Darwin, Dr Philip ...
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February 08, 2008
There are 5,000 types of cockroaches. Only six are considered pests. We look at the largest cockroaches, and meet Bonnie and Clyde who have become domestic pets.
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February 08, 2008
As the one-mile race is run with athletes including Herb Elliott, Bob Vaag, Merv Lincoln and Albie Thomas, the narrator examines the techniques, strategies and temperaments that come into play. ...
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February 08, 2008
A close-up look at the deadly red-back spider. In giant close-up we see an ant enter the red-back’s insect trap, and get caught. The spider drops down, hoists the ant off the ground, and wraps it ...
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February 08, 2008
On 12 December, at the beginning of school holidays, Balmain families assemble down at Mort Street for a demonstration to stop the containers being trucked through their streets. Children hold up ...
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February 08, 2008
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February 08, 2008
Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her ...
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February 08, 2008
Out in the bush, ecologist Wyn Jones says that Australian bushland is not necessarily devoid of life if no mammals are visible. He points out that many animals are nocturnal and that other species ...
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