Stories

Before he was 'Whispering Jack', John Farnham was a teen idol named Johnny who was crowned 'King of Pop' five times.

Caitlyn LeRoy, who works at the NFSA, discovers early footage of her family and place of birth in the collection.

The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition took place at the NFSA in 2019.

We are sharing footage of the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission from 1969 and also from news clips marking the 20th and 30th anniversaries of the Moon landing in 1989 and 1999.

In 2019, 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the NFSA unearthed a rare recording of the historic event on Australian commercial radio, as it happened in 1969.

American-born Grace Gibson established one of the most successful radio production companies in the world. We celebrate her career by sharing some of the vintage radio dramas she produced.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following article contains the names, images and voices of deceased persons.

A rare copy of the restored original TV broadcast of the July 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, previously given by NASA to the CSIRO, will now be preserved at the NFSA.

We've published footage from 1919 to coincide with the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, as part of the final phase of First World War centenary commemorations.