Curated Film & Sound Selection

Featured Curated collection

Heath Ledger is looking directly at the camera in a quietly confident pose. He is wearing black and up against a wall.
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Heath Ledger

This article contains 5 audio items, 10 images and 21 videos
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A close-up of a menacing looking man with dark eye make-up and an evil grin. His head looms over a smaller image of a neon-lit drive-in cinema and empty road.

Ozploitation Film Posters

Australian and international film poster art for 1980s genre classics.

This article contains 24 images
The crowd at the second State of Origin rugby league game in Sydney, 2009

Rugby league

A selection of memorable rugby league moments from the NFSA collection, dating from 1922 to 1999.

This article contains 1 image and 20 videos
Portrait of singer Emily Wurramara against a backdrop of coloured material

Black and Deadly

Celebrating the black and deadly women of Australian music, from the 1890s to today.

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

List of Curated collections

Total collections: 129

Sounds of Australia 2012

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2012. 

This article contains 17 audio items
Sounds of Australia
2010s
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

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the true story of Molly, Gracie and Daisy - three Aboriginal girls in Western Australia, 1931 who are forcibly abducted from their mothers.

This article contains 3 audio items, 20 images and 4 videos
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Australian Films at the Oscars

The first Australian film nominated for an Academy Award ('Oscar') won - Kokoda Front Line! in 1942.

This article contains 2 images and 23 videos
Oscars
Australian film
Academy Awards

Australia's Amateur Hour

Before The Voice, before The X-Factor, there was... Australia's Amateur Hour!

This article contains 7 audio items and 4 images
radio
Australia's Amateur Hour
1940s
1950s
talent shows
Terry Dear
Indigenous music

Sounds of Australia 2011

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2011. 

This article contains 10 audio items and 1 image
Sounds of Australia
2010s

Vintage Cadbury Ads

This collection of Cadbury advertisements provides a wonderful snapshot of the changing attitudes towards dating, romance and fun in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s. 

This article contains 17 videos
Cadbury
vintage advertisements
tv advertising
1950s
1960s
1970s

Waltzing Matilda

The entire history of Australian recorded music can be traced through versions of Waltzing Matilda.

This article contains 13 audio items
Waltzing Matilda
popular music