Curated Film & Sound Selection

Featured Curated collection

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Sounds of Australia 2020

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Comedians and radio broadcasters Tony Martin and Mick Molloy

Martin/Molloy

Listen to highlights from the popular 1990s comedy radio program.

This article contains 24 audio items, 2 images and 2 videos
Santa Claus reclining on a deckchair on a sunny white sand beach with the ocean behind him and a blue sky above

Australian Christmas Stories

A collection exploring some unique and quintessential aspects of Christmas in Australia.

This article contains 5 audio items, 5 images and 19 videos
A radio microphone next to recording equipment in a studio

From Wireless to Web

A century of changes in broadcast techonology, from newsreels to radio to TV to digital.

This article contains 3 audio items and 24 videos

List of Curated collections

Total collections: 8

Sydney time capsule

See Sydney in all its shiny magnificence, from Australia's first recorded moving image filmed at Prince Alfred Park in 1896 to contemporary colour footage.

This article contains 4 audio items, 2 images and 45 videos
Sydney
Australia
time capsules
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge
A busy Australian beachfront showing people on the sand and cars behind the sand in a parking lot, circa 1960s.

1960s

The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.

This article contains 6 audio items and 38 videos
1960s
Australian history
prime ministers
Skippy
The Beatles
Vietnam War
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 32 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 25 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
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