The first public film screening in South Australia took place at the Theatre Royal in Hindley Street, Adelaide in October 1896.

The woman in this slide is wearing a dress with a big skirt supported by a bustle. This type of dress was worn by wealthy women around the 1880s and dates from the late Victorian era.

Nellie Melba was born Helen Mitchell in Richmond, an inner suburb of Melbourne, in 1861.

Frame capture from the 27 seconds of a nitrate film showing South Sea Islander labourers cutting sugar cane at Nambour, Queensland, under the watchful eye of an overseer.

This clip talks about the conditions that led to the Melbourne Tailoresses Strike of 1882 to 1883. Summary by Adrienne Parr.