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Joseph Tawadros
Sounds of Australia 2023

Slip! Slop! Slap!, Howzat, I Am Australian and The Loved One all make the list of significant recordings.

Colourised image of a thylacine in a pen at Hobart Zoo
In the news
Tasmanian tiger in colour

View the extraordinary colourised footage from the NFSA collection of the last thylacine in captivity.

Close up of a video game joystick circa 1980s and the edge of a computer screen and keyboard.
Video games
Retro gaming

How have video games intersected with Australian popular culture since the 1970s?

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Radio 100
Tune into Radio 100
Across 100 days, we are celebrating 100 years of Australian radio. Learn more.
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Share your memories
Be part of Radio 100
Industry insiders and radio fans shared some of their prized radio memories.
Detail from the poster for the film WINHANGANHA showing an archival photo of two First Nations men wearing collared shirts and bush hats. The edges of the black-and-white photo is curled up as if on fire, and the collage also features fire and the red, yellow and black colours of the Aboriginal flag
NFSA Commissions
WINHANGANHA
The new film by acclaimed artist Jazz Money, comprised entirely of NFSA collection material.
The Fairlight sampling synthesizer showing keyboard and user display monitor.
Australian invention
The Fairlight sampler
Did you know the first digital synthesiser was invented by two Australians?
Five players from the Australian Women's Soccer team running side by side, they are smiling and look to be celebrating scoring a goal.
In the news
The rise of the Matildas
Discover how women's football has developed in Australia over a century.
Kylie Minogue on stage in a pink showgirl costume singing into a microphone.
Step Back in Time
Kylie Minogue: 50 fun facts
Test your Kylie knowledge.

'Our collection tells the story of the nation – our memories, our lives, our futures.'

Explore a wealth of stories
A young boy in a striped t-shirt crouched down in the grass next to a kangaroo, in a still from the TV show 'Skippy'.
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo collection

'What’s that, Skip? You’ve been an Australian icon for how long?!'

The adventures of Sonny Hammond and Skippy the bush kangaroo in Waratah National Park in the late 1960s captured the country’s imagination and showcased Australia to the world.

This collection takes a fond look back at the original series of 91 episodes and spin-off movie Skippy and The Intruders (1969).

View 24 items in this curated collection

Blue plastic tea set with kangaroo motif in red cardboard box. 'Skippy Tea Set' logo on box.
Object
Skippy tea set
A taxidermied angaroo illuminated by lime green light
TV parody
Skippy on Fast Forward
An advertising graphic of a coat of arms with a box of Skippy cornflakes at the centre, topped with a crown and flanked by two kangaroos
Advertisement
Skippy Corn Flakes TV ad
Three women sitting on a couch. One is looking sideways with an expression of annoyance at the other two women who are both looking straight ahead.
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Aussie web series collection

Sample some of the best Australian online originals.

Designed for online platforms, web series have been embraced by both emerging and established filmmakers as a vehicle for creative freedom and telling personal stories.

This collection features clips from live action and animated series covering a range of genres, subjects and tones, from sketch comedy to horror, action to adult animation. Pictured above: Halal Gurls.

View 21 items in this curated collection

A young Chinese woman with an older Chinese woman in backyard garden
Bilingual comedy
Girl, Interpreted
Two cartoon characters wearing hard hats on a mining site
Adult animation
Mining Boom
A group of high school students in uniform (including an older man with a beard) laughing and gesticulating
Absurdist comedy
Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College
Now on in Canberra
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Game Over
Two Asian men who are dressed like Samurai
Catch all the action of your favourite video games on the big screen.
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Back to School
Four young women with long blonde hair wearing pale nighties and standing outside around a tree during the daytime, with mournful expressions
Recall the collision of adolescence and adulthood with these high school classics.
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G’day LA
A blonde woman stands next to a woman with darker hair, both looking upwards with expectant expressions
A trio of films set in Los Angeles with Aussie stars.
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Closing 28 January
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Australians & Hollywood exhibition

The Canberra-exclusive Australians & Hollywood exhibition is closing 28 January 2024.

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16
Dec
A teenage girl and boy at Senior Prom. The girl is wearing a tiara and holding a bunch of flowers. The boy is wearing a tuxedo. They are both smiling.
Prom Night at the NFSA + Carrie screening

Frock up for a Prom Night special screening of 1976 horror classic Carrie, complete with balloons, refreshments and music. One night only!

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