Being True Blue

Episode of Series “Australian mosaic”.
This documentary explores what it means to be an Australian citizen and just what a new citizen is welcome to. In interviews with historians, social planners and ordinary people, ‘Being True Blue’ looks behind the facade of the national anthem, the sports hero, the bushman and the other cheap barometers of identity.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer/director

Kay Donovan

production company

Australia. Office of Multicultural Affairs

SBS-TV

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Appears in

Group of items

Australian mosaic

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302619

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → National characteristics, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → National characteristics, Australian

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/81519--being-true-blue/ |title=Being True Blue |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=12 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1989

Please note