Jimmy Barnes: Australia's working class man

Australia's Working Class Man, Jimmy Barnes, has been performing in front of audiences for more than four decades as a solo artist and with Cold Chisel, and he shows no signs of slowing down.

He has been hailed by some as Australia's greatest rock singer and to say he's a national icon would be an understatement. His days fronting Cold Chisel and his early solo career provided the soundtrack for a generation.

So much has been said and written about Barnes' heady rock'n'roll lifestyle, including by the man himself in two bestselling memoirs, that it has become part of the fabric of the Australian music industry. But behind the legend is one of the hardest working and most dedicated entertainers this country has ever produced. He is also a proud family man, humble philanthropist and humanitarian.

The NFSA is shining a light on the phenomenal career of Jimmy Barnes with rarely-seen interviews, live performances, posters, photographs and oral history interviews in this curated collection.

WARNING: this collection may contain names, images or voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.