by Melanie | Dec 19, 2025 | case studies
By 1988 the idea that the climate was warming due to carbon emissions was widely reported internationally and dubbed the “greenhouse effect.” This is the same year the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a major milestone....
by Melanie | Dec 19, 2025 | case studies
Essentially large farming properties associated with livestock raising, pastoral stations are very common in Australia’s colonial history as sites of early settler living, Indigenous dispossession, and agricultural management. In addition, the station has featured...
by Melanie | Dec 19, 2025 | case studies
Australia’s tropical north, including the Great Barrier Reef, is both a physical place and a zone of the imagination. The stories and images crafted and deployed in the interests of tourism promotion have been crucial in shaping the idea of the tropical north,...
by bureau | Mar 27, 2023 | case studies
This case study contributes to knowledge about the cultural history of energy in Australia by exploring a formative moment in the production of documentary and the expansion of energy industries—the post-war reconstruction of the 1940s and 50s. Two films, The Valley...
by bureau | Mar 27, 2023 | case studies
The 1970s was a pivotal time for Australian cinema and for the nation’s environmental movement. The successful battle to save the Franklin River from hydro development has been well chronicled, as has the revival of the feature film industry. Offering new insights...
by bureau | Nov 21, 2022 | case studies
Photo of Shell Film Unit, 1953 – from State Library of South Australia The 1940s was a crucial time for Australian documentary. In 1940, John Grierson, the reputed “father of British documentary” visited Australia and extolled the importance of the genre...
