Curated Film & Sound Selection

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Computer graphics of Space Invaders computer screen.

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Retro Gaming

This article contains 8 audio items, 1 image and 15 videos

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A grinning woman dressed in a leopardskin top clutches a wedding bouquet

Muriel's Wedding: 25 Years

Muriel's Wedding is 25! To celebrate, we're sharing rare videos, costumes, oral histories, posters and more.

This article contains 4 audio items, 3 documents, 14 images and 11 videos

Santa Claus reclining in a deckchair on a sunny, sandy beach with the ocean and blue sky behind him

Australian Christmas

It's that time of the year when Santa Claus hits the surf and Rudolph's nose gets shinier in the Aussie summer heat.

This article contains 4 audio items, 5 images and 17 videos

John Farnham close-up, with his chin resting in his hand

Sounds of Australia 2019

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2019.

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List of Curated collections

Total collections: 16

Retro Gaming

The NFSA recently announced it is collecting Australian video games for preservation. But video games have long had an impact on the NFSA collection.

This article contains 8 audio items, 1 image and 15 videos

Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Forty years after Simon Townsend's Wonder World! first went to air on 3 September 1979, we celebrate this landmark children's TV program.

This article contains 2 audio items, 3 documents, 17 images and 17 videos

children's television

Jeanne Little

Jeanne Little's catch cry 'Ooooh aaah! Dahling!' is bound to bring back happy memories for viewers of Australian daytime television from the 1970s to the 2000s.

This article contains 1 audio item, 1 image and 19 videos

Australian television

The Mike Walsh Show

A man carrying a suitcase and wearing a light brown suit waits on a small outback railway platform

Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright is a classic from the early days of the 1970s Australian film renaissance. The film was restored by the NFSA and re-released in 2009.

This article contains 3 audio items, 11 images and 10 videos

1970s

Australian film

digital restoration

Lillian Roxon

Dubbed 'the mother of rock', Lillian Roxon was the most influential rock journalist in the world from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

This article contains 17 audio items and 1 video

Prisoner

Forty years ago, on 27 February 1979, one of Australia’s most addictive soap operas debuted on Network Ten.

This article contains 2 audio items, 5 images and 8 videos

Ozploitation Movie Posters

According to prolific cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith, Ozploitation is 'genre homage through an Australian lens: boisterous, anti-authoritarian, wide angle'.

This article contains 24 images

international film posters

Brian Trenchard-Smith