Curated Film & Sound Selection

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Sydney Opera House

This article contains 1 audio item, 5 images and 28 videos

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Annette Kellerman

Australian champion swimmer, vaudeville performer, silent film star, stunt performer and entrepreneur.

This article contains 1 document, 14 images and 17 videos

Warren Brown standing next to a large wooden surfboard.

Investigating National Treasures

A collection of fascinating national treasures drawn from public and private collections across Australia.

This article contains 15 videos

Two women show off futuristic hairstyles at a 1950 fashion show.

Home movies

A collection including highlights of some of the almost 6000 unique home movie titles held by the NFSA.

This article contains 23 videos

List of Curated collections

Total collections: 135

The four members of the Indigenous singing group The Sapphires perform on stage in colourful red dresses in a re-creation of a 1960s concert in the film The Sapphires

Black and Deadly

Celebrating the black and deadly women of Australian music, from Fanny Cochrane Smith in the 1890s to Jessica Mauboy in the 21st century.

This article contains 13 audio items, 19 images and 2 videos

First Peoples' singers

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

First Peoples' musicians

Skiing in Australia

Does Australia really have more snow than Switzerland? For some people it comes as a surprise to hear that Australia receives any snow at all!

This article contains 18 videos

Jimmy Barnes

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.

This article contains 3 audio items, 6 images and 23 videos

Cold Chisel

For a generation of Australian music fans, Cold Chisel are the Aussie pub rock band who broke the mould and whose songs are celebrated as anthems.

This article contains 3 audio items, 1 document, 7 images and 9 videos

Australia's Heritage: National Treasures

Chris Taylor reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia’s National Heritage List.

This article contains 1 document and 10 videos

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip riding in the back of a car in Sydney in 1973, surrounded by members of the public and photographers.

The Royal Family

The Royal Family have captured the hearts of Australians since the Duke and Duchess of York landed on our shores in 1927.

This article contains 2 audio items, 4 images and 22 videos

Dame Edna Everage

Who could have guessed that a suburban housewife from Moonee Ponds would become the gigastar Dame Edna Everage is today?

This article contains 3 audio items, 3 images and 18 videos

Barry Humphries

Australian comedy

The Man From Snowy River

'There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around | That the colt from old Regret had got away...'

This article contains 1 audio item, 1 document, 12 images and 11 videos

The Man From Snowy River

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