Collection

Our collection contains more than 1.6 million items, comprising 334,000 audio recordings, 442,000 moving image works and 870,000 associated documents and artefacts of cultural significance.

Film

The film collection spans over 100 years of Australian films and filmmaking.

Sound

Music, radio, natural and industrial sound recordings, speeches and more.

Television

Australian television from its beginning in 1956 to the present.

Indigenous collections

Works by and about Indigenous Australians – a record of creativity, industry and culture.

Documents and artefacts

Photographs, posters, scripts, costumes, vintage equipment, glass slides and negatives.

Oral history

In-depth interviews with the people who created our audiovisual history.