What we collect

The NFSA holds a significant collection of Australian features, documentaries, shorts, experimental and new technology productions.

The NFSA television collection includes many iconic moments in Australian television from its beginning in 1956 to the present.

The NFSA audio collection spans over 120 years of Australian sound recordings.

The NFSA’s radio collection spans from the first quarter of the 20th century to today.

The NFSA is developing and preserving a growing collection of video games and their source materials from the early 1980s to now.

The Oral History program collects personal recollections of careers in film, TV, radio and recorded sound.

The NFSA preserves documents and artefacts that tell the stories behind Australian audiovisual industries and culture.

For over 100 years, the stories of Australia’s First Peoples have been captured in sound recordings, moving images and other audiovisual media.

Our curators are continually searching for key works that are needed for the national collection.

The NFSA acquires new material in accordance with its collection policy and statement of curatorial values.