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Nov 2019
Album cover for mental As Anything's record 'Get Wet' with a hyper saturated colour photo of the band members.

Get Wet

In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.

By Sean O'Brien / 27 Nov 2019
Oral History
Posters
Sound
Television
Archie Roach stands at a microphone singing. He is holding his arms outstretched.

Archie Roach interview

Clips from an exclusive interview with musician Archie Roach where he talks about family and music as a healer.

By Beth Taylor / 5 Nov 2019
Film
Sound
Sep 2019
Red Dog, a kelpie-cattle dog cross, pokes his head out of the window of a travelling train

Starstruck Online

After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Bathurst and Geraldton between 2017 and 2019, you can now find highlights from the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition online.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 24 Sep 2019
Object
Photographs
Posters
Jul 2019

NAIDOC Week: M Yunupingu

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

By Adam Blackshaw / 8 Jul 2019
Television
May 2019

Indigenous Filmmaking: A Short History

Within a generation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers have become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia.

By Liz McNiven / 27 May 2019
Film
Television
Mar 2019
A map of Australia showing Indigenous language groups, set against a bright blue backdrop

2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 to be the International Year of Indigenous Languages.

By Chris Arneil / 21 Mar 2019
Radio
Sound
Television
A partly colourised photo of a nautical-themed float in a 1930s street parade. On the float a woman dressed in white sits on a large-scale model of a sea creature.

Australia in Colour

The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.

Film
Television
Close-up of a vinyl record

Introducing Lillian Roxon

Australian journalist Lillian Roxon was one of the first to take rock and punk music seriously.

By Beth Taylor / 4 Mar 2019
Photographs
Radio
Jan 2019
Popstar and TV personality Jimmy Hannan walking down the aisle at the Sydney Stadium with a crowd of people around him.

Jimmy Hannan: a winning smile

Vale Jimmy Hannan, who passed away on 7 January 2019, at the age of 84. We celebrate his life and work, and acknowledge his kind donation to the NFSA.

By Beth Taylor / 8 Jan 2019
Photographs
Sound
Television