Members of the NSW Fire Brigade tackle a blaze at a paper mill until the fire is brought under control. The smoking wreckage and the building’s shell is all that remains.

This dramatised sequence depicts developments in firefighting techniques through the ages. It begins in Alexandria in 250 BC(Before Christ) with Ctesibus who invented the first practical pump.

An 80-tonne arch rib is placed on top of the main bearing as a worker guides it into place. Another man, who appears to be on a cable phone, also supervises the work.

This simple home movie clip taken by Leslie Francis Farey from 1932 shows us children candidly playing in a suburban backyard in Melbourne. Three children play with a pram, doll and tin drum.

A beach scene from the 1930s is captured on this home movie clip taken by Leslie Francis Farey.

A ferry ride in 1932 is captured by Leslie Francis Farey’s 16mm home movie camera. The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen from the bow of a ferry leaving Circular Quay and from directly underneath.

The Farey family travelled from Victoria to Sydney for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.

This clip shows the gathering of people, probably members of the Farey family, at an alpine lodge. They are all well dressed in suits and hats.

The Farey family enjoy a picnic on a river bank in the 1930s. They drink tea and throw stones into the river.

This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony.