Stories

In these Oral History interviews, three filmmakers discuss their careers making documentary and drama for TV and film.

Three actors recall highlights of their lengthy careers in TV and film in these recent Oral History interviews.

Three popular musicians - Tex Perkins, Vika Bull and Todd Hunter - talk about their careers at length for the NFSA Oral History program.

Three journalists - Leigh Sales, Jeff McMullen and Sandra Sully - talk about their careers in these Oral History interviews.

This is how a sequined dress bought in Paris by Yass woman Kathleen Coen in 1925 became part of Australia’s film history.

We celebrate International Women’s Day with a firsthand account by noted Australian feminist Jessie Street of the 1945 founding conference of the United Nations.

Norman Yemm (1933-2014) reflects on some of his acclaimed roles on television and the opera stage, in a 2005 Oral History interview.

Binny Lum was born 100 years ago, on 2 February 1915. Radio Archivist Chris Arneil spoke with her husband Geoff Charter about the remarkable career of this radio personality.

Tens of thousands of items are collected by the NFSA each year. What did we collect in 2014? Part 2 includes wild sounds, rock stars, Indigenous music and Mardi Gras.

Tens of thousands of items are collected by the NFSA each year. What did we collect in 2014? Part 1 includes Moulin Rouge! props, fake moustaches and the wild one.