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Gallipoli From Above

When Churchill devised a plan to outflank the Germans by forcing a passage through the Dardanelles, he set in train a series of events. When it was over the British wanted to forget about Gallipoli,...

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Girls' Own War Stories

With Girls' Own War Stories, accomplished documentary director Jennifer Ainge brings us a deeply moving and important account of the role of Australian women during World War Two, both abroad and on...

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Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls

The Sisters of St John of God have lived and worked among Aboriginal people of the Kimberley region in the north-west of Australia for almost 100 years. This fifty-six minute documentary tells their...

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Sporting Nation

In this three-part series, John Clarke, arguably Australia's greatest natural athlete, looks at how Australia came to take its sport so seriously and what it means to be a sporting nation. The series...

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Wide Open Road

Throughout the twentieth century, the car has been tangled up in the social, political and economic fabric of Australia. It conquered the interior, shaped the design of our cities, was the basis of our...

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Yagan

Yagan is the account of the brutal murder of Aboriginal warrior Yagan and the repatriation of his remains almost 180 years later. Murdered in 1833 by those he trusted and then cruelly beheaded, the...

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Hawke

Hawke is a 95-minute feature film biography of Bob Hawke. With eight years in office, Hawke was Australia's longest-serving Labor prime minister. He became prime minister after only two years in...

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Art and Soul Series 2

WE ARE ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW In this three part series, a diverse group of outstanding contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists reveal to pre-eminent curator Hetti Perkins how their...

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Art + Soul Series 2

This fascinating series is an epic and moving journey into Aboriginal and Torres Strait culture and heritage in all its diversity and complexity, its expression in many art media and a revelatory look...

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Kokoda History Trekkers

The family of WW2 cinematographer Damien Parer take the notorious 96 kilometre long Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. Track veteran Bill James accompanies them and reveals the true history of the...

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Day of Days

On June 6, 1944 thousands of Allied servicemen landed on the shores of northern France, with a mission to free Western Europe from Nazi tyranny. Some came by air, parachuting behind enemy lines. Others...

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Gough Whitlam State Memorial Service

DVD copies of the State Memorial Service for Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam are now available through ABC Library Sales.Six former prime ministers and current leader Tony Abbott joined...

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Utopia Girls

Historian Dr Clare Wright leads us through the story of how Australia’s unique history bred an amazing group of rebellious women who each played crucial roles in shaping the destiny of the country....

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Secret River

An epic tragedy in which a good man is compelled by desperation, fear, ambition and love for his family to participate in a crime of inhuman savagery.Image: Subject:  Society and Culture History Doco...

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Malcolm Faser State Memorial Service

DVD copies of the State Memorial Service for Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Faser are now available through ABC Library Sales.On 27 May 2015 Scots' Church in Melbourne's CBD hosted the...

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