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Dec 2019
Musician Elton John sitting at a piano and singing into a microphone. He is wearing a black and red suit and dark glasses.

Elton John in Australia

To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.

By Mel Bondfield / 3 Dec 2019
Television
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
A grassy field in rural Australia with gum trees and mountains in the background

Rural Bank Radio

Guest contributor Jennifer Bowen shares extracts from several rare regional radio programs in the NFSA collection funded by the Rural Bank of NSW.

By Jennifer Bowen / 13 Nov 2019
Radio
Sep 2019

The Evil Touch

Join us in Canberra on 6 September for a special screening of two episodes of The Evil Touch, a 1970s Australian-US horror-suspense anthology series.

By Simon Smith / 4 Sep 2019
Television
Aug 2019
Simon Townsend's Wonder World Reporters from 1979, from left to right: Sandy Mauger, Jono Coleman, Simon Townsend, Angela Catterns and Adam Bowen. Front is Woodrow the Bloodhound

40 Years of Wonder World!

Celebrating 40 years of Simon Townsend's Wonder World! The show that changed the face of children's television in Australia.

By Mel Bondfield / 30 Aug 2019
Television
Head from a bear costume inside a conservation box

Fredd Bear Costume

Fredd Bear, the much-loved children’s television character from the late 1960s and early 70s, has arrived at the NFSA.

By Bronwyn Barnett / 20 Aug 2019
Television
John Farnham sitting on stage in front of an audience, looking back over his right shoulder at the camer.

John Farnham's Early Years

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

By Mel Bondfield / 16 Aug 2019
Sound
Television
May 2019
The beach front at Cannes with red flags in the foreground

Bill Collins at Cannes

As the 2019 Cannes Film Festival opens, we look back at how 'Mr Movies' Bill Collins reported on Cannes for a 1976 TV special.

By Tara Marynowsky / 14 May 2019
Television
Two images of Jeanne Little in a collage. The younger Jeanne looks like she's whispering to the older Jeanne.

Jeanne Little Listicle

Adored by Australian television audiences for decades, we list 12 reasons to love Jeanne Little.

By Beth Taylor / 9 May 2019
Television
Mar 2019
An aerial shot of a hotel and railway line in a vast expanse of outback, in a scene from the 1971 film Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright: 2009 Restoration

For years the negative of Wake in Fright (1971) was thought to be lost forever. Here is the story behind the restoration and re-release of the classic Australian film.

Film