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Jun 2021
Young Talent Team members Vince Deltito, Rikki Arnot and Dannii Minogue sit together. Rikki, sitting in-between the two older teens, is holding a bunch of flowers.

I am Rikki

In celebration of our Young Talent Time 50th anniversary curated collection, author, television scriptwriter and YTT fan Clare Atkins shares her childhood love of the show in this short story.

By Clare Atkins / 16 Jun 2021
Television
Jan 2021
Two surfers in the ocean catching waves, in the background are tall ships and sailing boats.

Pat Fiske on Australia Daze

Director Pat Fiske shares her story about the making of the landmark documentary Australia Daze.

By Pat Fiske / 21 Jan 2021
Film
Man waving an Australian flag, set against a pale blue, cloudy sky.

Australia Daze: 1988 to Now

For the documentary Australia Daze, 28 film crews captured Australia's bicentennial celebrations over 24 hours across the country on 26 January 1988.

By Sean Bridgeman / 19 Jan 2021
Film
Dec 2020
Still frame from virtual reality production Whadjuk showing Aboriginal men in the water and a ship on the horizon

2020 at the NFSA

View and listen to highlights of what we collected in 2020, including an emotional eyewitness account of the Victorian bushfires and exclusive interviews on the impact of COVID-19.

By Mel Bondfield / 16 Dec 2020
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Radio
Sound
Television
Nov 2020
A bank of TV screens showing diverse colourful images

World TV Day 2020

For World TV Day 2020, sample some key moments in the evolution of Australian broadcasting and take a deep dive into our television collection.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 20 Nov 2020
Television
Two images of Jeanne Little in a collage. The younger Jeanne looks like she's whispering to the older Jeanne.

Celebrating Jeanne Little

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

By Beth Taylor / 9 Nov 2020
Television
Oct 2020
Kylie Minogue is standing on a stage with a foot up on an amplifier in a power pose. There are dancers in front of her and two musicians on stage with her playing guitar.

Kylie's story

The ❤ Kylie: A Celebration Collection Story on Kylie Minogue is sure to have you Spinning Around!

By Beth Taylor / 16 Oct 2020
Film
Photographs
Sound
Television
Sep 2020
Bronze chariot rider and four horses atop the Brandenburg Gate

German Reunification: 30 years

To mark the 30th anniversary of German reunification on 3 October 2020, we are sharing clips from our TV Newscaf news and current affairs collection.

Television

Vale Max Merritt

Thorsten Kaeding pays tribute to Max Merritt, the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and lead singer of Max Merritt & The Meteors.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 28 Sep 2020
Sound
Apr 2020
An Anzac Day memorial in Sydney inscribed 'To Our Glorious Dead' and flanked by statues of two soldiers. Wreaths of flowers surround the memorial

Anzac Day Marches

As public gatherings to commemorate Anzac Day in 2020 are not going ahead because of COVID-19, we're sharing home movies of marches from Anzac Day in 1933, 1946 and 1980.

By Heather Gill / 15 Apr 2020
Film