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Research

Learn more about our collection and how we preserve it for the future. Apply for a fellowship to research Australia’s historic and contemporary moving image and sound culture.

RCA microphone (1930)

Stromberg-Carlson radiogram (1950)

Preserving video

Filming 'For the Term of His Natural Life' (1927)

A ticket for Soldiers of the Cross (1900)

Developing new techniques for preserving film

Fellowships and internships

Apply for a Scholars and Artists in Residence (SAR) fellowship, Indigenous Research Fellowship or an internship at the NFSA.

Papers and projects

Find out how researchers and staff have been inspired by films, sound, photographs, documents and objects in the NFSA collection.

Collection enquiries

Get help on how to use the collection. Or learn more about Australia’s audiovisual industry and its history.

Collection guides

Use our collection guides to explore Australian history and the nation’s audiovisual heritage.

Search the collection

For access to information and items representing over 100 years of film, television, radio and recorded sound.

NFSA policies and initiatives

Learn how we build, preserve, interpret and make the NFSA collection accessible.