Curated Film & Sound Selection

Featured Curated collection

Close up of a video game joystick circa 1980s and the edge of a computer screen and keyboard.
collection

Retro Gaming

This article contains 8 audio items, 1 image and 15 videos
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Head and shoulders shot of Indigenous musician Archie Roach wearing a red knitted hat and a red t-shirt andsmiling directly at camera.

Archie Roach

Archie Roach's powerful songs tell his story of heartbreaking loss, love and healing through music.

This article contains 5 audio items, 5 images and 31 videos
A woman sitting in the drivers seat of a car. There are snowflakes all around her and pine trees in the background.

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
Members of the duo Savage Garden pictured from the chest up looking directly at camera. Daniel Jones (left) and Darren Hayes (right).

Sounds of Australia 2019

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

This article contains 10 audio items

List of Curated collections

Total collections: 7
A woman is modelling a dress. She is looking at the camera.

Vintage Fashion

Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion.

This article contains 2 audio items and 18 videos
fashion
1950s
1940s
clothing
fashions
vintage fashion
Paris
Sydney
Melbourne
A yellow and pink tinted collage image of Nicole Kidman, Matilda the Commonwealth Games mascot kangaroo, Paul Hogan, Dame Edna Everage and Linda Burney.

1980s

Submerge yourself in 80s goodness with glimpses of fashion, music, technology, film, television, radio, sport and advertising from the decade.

This article contains 3 audio items, 2 images and 29 videos
1980s
fashion
Australian television
Australian film
David Gulpilil dancing on the set of Storm Boy. He is wearing body paint on his face and torso.

David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil has forever changed the way Australian film represents Indigenous people and their cultural heritage.

This article contains 2 audio items, 7 images and 24 videos
David Gulpilil
The Beatles (from left to right: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison) wave to crowds in Sydney as they prepare to board a plane to New Zealand in June 1964.

The Beatles

John, Paul, George and Ringo – The Beatles – have held a place in the hearts of Australian music fans for decades.

This article contains 7 audio items, 1 document, 5 images and 5 videos
1960s
Beatlemania
Beatles tour
A nightime photo of the Sydney Harbour Bridge showing it all lit up. The bridge arch is blue with red lights at the top and bottom centre. The pylons are lit yellow. The water shows the reflections of the passing ferry and the Sydney Opera House.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

'The Coathanger', as the bridge is affectionately known, opened on 19 March 1932 - 85 years ago.

This article contains 5 audio items, 3 images and 20 videos
Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney time capsule

See Sydney in all its shiny magnificence: the harbour and its world-famous bridge, the Opera House, the Rocks, Paddy's Markets, ferries, beaches, traffic, trains, sport, song and suburbia. 

This article contains 4 audio items, 2 images and 25 videos
Sydney
Australia
time capsule
Binny Lum holding her dog, Ming. Circa 1960s.

Binny Lum

A tribute to Australian radio and television personality Binny Lum, thanks to the generous donation of more than 100 sound recordings to the NFSA by her daughter, Sharon Terry. 

This article contains 14 audio items, 2 documents, 3 images and 1 video
Binny Lum
radio
interviews
1950s
1960s
The Beatles