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.
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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: 15
Glass slide of town planning design for Canberra

Canberra Glass Slides

These 24 glass slides show detailed plans of an alternative design for the city of Canberra.

This article contains 24 images
1910s
Canberra
glass slides
Walter Burley Griffin
Six different images of Jeanne Little in a collage.

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
Jeanne Little
1980s
1970s
comedians
Australian television
The Mike Walsh Show
A hand-tinted photograph of Annette Kellerman wearing a mermaid costume and lying on rocks near the water.

Annette Kellerman

The list of Annette Kellerman's achievements is extraordinary: champion swimmer and diver, vaudeville performer, international silent film star, stunt performer and entrepreneur.

This article contains 1 document, 14 images and 17 videos
1900s
Australian women
Australian actors
swimming
1910s
sport
silent films

Picnic at Hanging Rock

‘MIRANDAAAAAA!’

This article contains 8 audio items, 41 images and 6 videos
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1970s
An early 20th century aeroplane flies overhead, seen from below with the letters VH-ULG visible on the underside of the wings

Early Aviators

The feats of the daredevil early aviators pushed the boundaries of flight and brought Australia closer to the world.

This article contains 19 videos
aviation
1910s
1920s
1930s
Amy Johnson
Charles Kingsford Smith
Different images of people. Each in a circle. Clockwise from left: Sigourney Weaver, Bette Midler, Mike Walsh, Big Bird, Ita Buttrose, Jeanne Little and Johnny Cash.

The Mike Walsh Show

See the funniest, most splendiferous and bizarre moments on a show that had five million Aussies a week turning on their TV sets in the 1970s and 80s.

This article contains 34 videos
1970s
1980s
Mike Walsh
Australian television
The Mike Walsh Show
Celebrities
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

Graham Kennedy highlights

Celebrating the life and work of Graham Kennedy, 'The King' of Australian television.

This article contains 1 audio item, 16 images and 16 videos
Graham Kennedy
actors
comedians