Curated collections

Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared at Cheviot Beach, Victoria on 17 December 1967.

Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits explores striking portraits emerging from 100 years of Australian movies and draws extensively on items from the NFSA collection.

Within the NFSA collection there exists a railway enthusiast's dream.

Discover many of the incredible moments in the life of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap.

These 19th century photographic glass slides purport to show images of both the living and the dead.

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2017. 

Homicide, Australia’s first police drama series, premiered in Melbourne on HSV7 on 20 October 1964.

Delight in this elegant sample of cinema and TV ads from the 1920s to 1960s for Australian underwear brand Berlei.

This is a collection of posters of international films distributed in Australia between 1927 and 1932.

Explore the beauty of Perth, Western Australia and surrounds in this collection of footage covering 1907 to 1972.

Hawaiian music had a burst of popularity in Australia with a string of recordings made between 1926 and 1955.

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

The quirky, low-budget Aussie film that became a global smash.

Celebrating Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The first program broadcast on Adelaide television station SAS10 on 26 July 1965 was The Bobo Show, starring Charles ‘Hal’ Turner as Bobo the Clown.

Turn the key in the ignition, depress the clutch and pull away from the kerb - it's time to hit the road (safely!).

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

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2016. 

Far North Queensland stretches from Cairns, north to the Torres Strait and west to the Gulf Country.

During the 1970s and early 80s, women filmmakers won new opportunities to tell stories which, until then, had gone largely untold.

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

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2015. 

On 3 June 1992, the High Court handed down its judgment in the Mabo case.

The landmark television series First Australians explores the history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective.