text: Occupation (Invasion) [2]
  Defending White Australia against Japan, 1941
  TLF-IDR10786
  This is a typed extract from the transcript of a speech by Australian prime minister John Curtin to the House of Representatives on 16 December 1941, in which he declares that Australia will resist any Japanese invasion. Curtin states that Australia had been established for more than 150 years by British people with 'White ...
  The Sharkcallers of Kontu, 1982: History
  TLF-IDR10838
  This clip shows a Papua New Guinean man giving an account of the colonial history of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. Interviewed in the village of Kontu, he remembers the brutality of the Germans, illustrated by graphic black-and-white photographs of punishments. 'The English' are described as being arrogant and uncivilised, ...
  Peach Growing and Canning in Australia, c1926: Leeton state fruit cannery
  TLF-IDR10848
  This black-and-white silent clip from a 1926 Australian government-sponsored documentary shows various stages in the processing of canned peaches at the Leeton State Canning Factory in New South Wales. Mechanised processes are featured along with the labour-intensive tasks of employees, mainly women, working at production ...