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In order to earn a living the members of this rock band must work in mundane jobs during the day. At night they pursue their dreams of musical success. From the website Australians At Work |
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Two commercial artists work for themselves as car panel artists. They feel enormous pride and satisfaction being self- employed, even if it is not as lucrative as working for an employer. From the website Australians At Work |
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Peter Sculthorpe wants to create a perfect work of art. He created "Irkanda One for Violin" by tracing the landscape around Canberra on a 360 degree graph, then wrote music to follow the contours. From the website Australians At Work |
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Actors talk about the Pram Factory collective and its processes. At communal meetings it helped to be tall, articulate and male. From the website Australians At Work |
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Streeton's eyewitness account of the death of a workman during the blasting of a railway tunnel at Lapstone in the NSW Blue Mountains. It becomes the inspiration for his painting "Fire's on, Lapstone Tunnel". From the website Australians At Work |
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Working at the end of the 19th century, Aboriginal artists Tommy McRae and Mickey of Ulladulla drew the world around them with an extraordinary vitality and sensitivity to detail. From the website Hidden Treasures |
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Victorian flower painter Ellis Rowan rocked the Australian art establishment when she won the Centennial Art Prize in 1888. From the website Hidden Treasures – Inside the National Library of Australia |
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The Velvet Soap advertising campaign is a tongue-in-cheek reminder of Edmund Barton’s hand in formulating the White Australia policy. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce treasured Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s gift of a gold cigarette case throughout his life. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Possibly our best loved Prime Minister, and a former train driver, Ben Chifley was rarely seen without his pipe, as he guided the country through the austere post-war years. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Andrew Fisher’s tin lunch box reminds us that humble beginnings informed his political career: he went from union organiser to three-time Prime Minister, inventing the Australian ideal of a ‘fair go’ along the way. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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The disappearance of our seventeenth Prime Minister, Harold Holt, during a beach holiday sparked countless conspiracy theories. The items left in his briefcase are a significant time capsule of his last days as Prime Minister. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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William Hughes, “The Little Digger”, campaigned twice for national conscription to boost an Australian army decimated by World War One. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Politics rarely produces impassioned romantics, which makes the hundreds of letters Joseph Lyons wrote to his adored wife and confidante, Enid, as fascinating as they are unexpected From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Robert Menzies’ lifelong passion for home movies resulted in a surprisingly personal record of the war years, including footage of a young Princess Elizabeth. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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James Scullin inspired the people when he offered to rent out The Lodge during the Depression, but his fierce nationalism is best revealed in his campaign to install an Australian-born Governor General. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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The original handwritten score for <cite>Waltzing Matilda</cite> holds the story of a musical collaboration that created Australia’s national song. From the website National Treasures |
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The classic 1919 silent movie <cite>The Sentimental Bloke</cite> is regarded as one of the greatest Australian films. From the website National Treasures |
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James Scullin inspired the people when he offered to rent out The Lodge during the Depression, but his fierce nationalism is best revealed in his campaign to install an Australian-born Governor General. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Federation was a time of jobs and opportunities. With our 12,000 mile coast Australia needed a defence force. From the website Australians At Work |
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A World War 1 digger reflects on his work as a runner in the trenches at Gallipoli. Hopping across the trenches in full view of the Turkish snipers, the average life of a runner was 24 hours. From the website Australians At Work |
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce treasured Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s gift of a gold cigarette case throughout his life. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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John Curtin’s journalistic instincts came in handy during World War Two when he kept the media onside with secret press briefings. He wore his AJA badge every day he was in office. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Australian content on television reflects our culture and our society. Mac Gudgeon celebrates the importance of <cite>Homicide</cite> in the history of Australian television production. Stuart Cunningham and Scott Goodings remember some of the popular dramas which showed Australians that they could love Australian programming. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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The ruthless world of commercial television and its chase for ratings is compared to the programming motivations of the public broadcaster. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Liz Jacka provides a brief history of the debate on how to establish television broadcasting in Australia. Tim Bowden recalls the enthusiasm with which Australians embraced television. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Australian film and television production is competing in a globalised world with big international production companies who market their product effectively to the world market. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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An excerpt from a live 'eviction' episode of the popular reality TV series <cite>Big Brother</cite>. Scott Goodings describes his experience of watching reality TV. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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TV soap operas have the ability to reflect Australian society and culture and connect people through the shared memory of watching a television show. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Scott Goodings links the popularity of <cite>Number 96</cite>, first screened in 1972, with the post-Menzies liberalisation of society and media content. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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John Safran discusses censorship in Australian media. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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John Safran discusses censorship in Australian media. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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The role of community television in general and its role in training TV personalities. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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A group of men get together in a pub and form a cane - cutting gang. Five million tons of sugarcane have to be cut by hand in back breaking conditions in North Queensland. From the website Australians At Work |
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The axemen established camps throughout the eucalypt forests in the early 20th century. Their job was a combination of skill and stamina, harvesting giant trees for the rapidly growing hardwood industry. From the website Australians At Work |
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In a typical 60s family a mother works to get dinner ready as the children come home after school. After Dad arrives home from work in the Holden, Mum serves traditional roast lamb and three vegetables. From the website Australians At Work |
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William Hughes, “The Little Digger”, campaigned twice for national conscription to boost an Australian army decimated by World War One. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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Nurses are frantic as they rush from patient to patient, working under increased patient-to-nurse ratios. Despite this increased pressure, they try not to compromise the quality of their nursing care. From the website Australians At Work |
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Trevor Barr talks about independent media and behind the scenes at Radio Redfern as another show goes to air. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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A broadcast studio at Radio Redfern in the late 80s. Christina Spurgeon talks about the importance of providing media services to remote Indigenous communities to the culture, identity and language of Aboriginal Australians. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Migrant women work long hours sewing garments at home for a few dollars an hour. Many are refugees and have little understanding of their rights or the chance of alternative employment. From the website Australians At Work |
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Well-paid but back-breaking sugarcane work in North Queensland provided the initial resources for Giovanni's business. He and his family went on to create a now highly- successful imported tile business. From the website Australians At Work |
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Newsreels included events of both political and social importance and were screened all day long in specially designed cinemas. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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A young boy plays along with a musical game during one of the many ABC broadcasts for children. Children from around Australia tune into a kindergarten broadcast over the ABC. Tim Bowden remembers the ABC children's program <cite>The Argonauts</cite>. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Behind the scenes of a recording of a popular radio soap of the 1940s. Tim Bowden recalls his father listening to popular radio series <cite>Mrs Obbs</cite> and the personalities who brought the characters to life. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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John Safran, Megan Spencer and Scott Goodings discuss the nature of programming at SBS. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Sir Mark Oliphant helped to create the bomb, but even though it ended the war he can never reconcile himself to the loss of civilian life. From the website Australians At Work |
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Norman Lindsay’s <cite>The Magic Pudding</cite> is one of our best-loved children’s books and the central character, one of our great Australian anti-heroes. From the website National Treasures |
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John Safran talks about the use of 'doorstopping' in current affairs programs. Scott Goodings traces the celebrity and entertainment value of today's news broadcasts to the 'news wars' of the late 1980s. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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The disappearance of our seventeenth Prime Minister, Harold Holt, during a beach holiday sparked countless conspiracy theories. The items left in his briefcase are a significant time capsule of his last days as Prime Minister. From the website The Prime Ministers' National Treasures |
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The archival clip shows the ABC network as it was in the 1955. Tim Bowden reflects on the power of ABC broadcasts to unify states and cities across Australia. From the website From Wireless to Web |
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Some people experience retiring like hitting a brick wall, finding it hard to live on such a dramatically reduced income. "Beehive" is a Seniors employment co-operative where pensioners can work to earn a few dollars without affecting their Social Security payments. From the website Australians At Work |
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An elderly woman confides to a social worker the lonely burden she faces looking after her dementia-affected husband. She doesn't want to worry their children, who have their own lives to lead. From the website Australians At Work |
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Moira Kelly begs for funds from international charities to bring children from war-torn Albania to Australia for medical treatment. One of the children almost dies, but the results are worth the risks. From the website Australians At Work |
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Early morning at an almost empty Bondi Beach. Rubbish is removed by local council workers and volunteer lifesavers check their gear, allocate safe surfing areas, and practise their lifesaving skills. From the website Australians At Work |
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Toula, an Australian-born Greek wife, is a Workers' Compensation officer. Breaking free from traditional Greek women's roles, she desires a career and creative freedom. From the website Australians At Work |