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Oct 2018
A person has their back to the camera and is standing amidst shelves that are lined with video tapes.

Starstruck: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

We’ve produced a short documentary about the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the NFSA. The exhibition is now on its national tour, starting at Adelaide’s Samstag Museum of Art.

Documents
Film
Photographs
Posters
Aug 2018

Ron Grainer and Doctor Who

Listen to a 1966 interview with Australian composer Ron Grainer, who wrote the memorable theme music for Doctor Who.

By Adam Blackshaw / 31 Aug 2018
Sound
Close-up of 1950s turntable for vinyl records

SBS Vinyl Collection

The NFSA is now the custodian of more than 20,000 vinyl long play records from the SBS 3EA Melbourne and SBS Sydney 2EA radio collections.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 20 Aug 2018
Radio
Sound
Jun 2018
The five band members of Cold Chisel standing in a row on a pier with water in front and behind them.

Celebrating Cold Chisel

Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.

By Mel Bondfield / 12 Jun 2018
Sound
Lee Simon and John Paul Young being interviewed at the St Kilda Film Festival

Right There On My TV

See highlights from our 1970s music television panel 'Right There On My TV', featuring Lee Simon and John Paul Young, at the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival.

By Simon Smith / 6 Jun 2018
Sound
Television
May 2018
Singer Jimmy Barnes pictured from the chest up, in a black t-shirt and sitting in front of a mixing deck in a recording studio.

Barnesy: Rock Icon

We're shining a light on the phenomenal career of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes.

By Mel Bondfield / 28 May 2018
Sound
Mar 2018
Singer Jeff St John in a recording studio, seated in a wheelchair, wearing headphones and singing with eyes closed into a microphone.

Vale Jeff St John

We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 9 Mar 2018
Sound
A growling grass frog sitting on the fingers of a man's hand

Protecting wildlife through sound

Sound Curator Tessa Elieff celebrates World Wildlife Day with a selection of field recordings of unique Australian wildlife.

By Tessa Elieff / 1 Mar 2018
Sound
Feb 2018
Winifred Atwell playing the piano and smiling while two men film her with a 35mm film camera next to the piano

Winifred Atwell in Australia

Meet the Amazing Miss A - popular ragtime pianist Winifred Atwell, who conquered the charts in the 1950s and later made Australia her home.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 23 Feb 2018
Sound
A panic-stricken Louie the Fly from the 1962 animated Mortein pest spray TV advertisement

Louie the Fly

A look at the creation of the iconic 'Louie the Fly' jingle, named by the NFSA in 2018 as one of the Sounds of Australia.

By Amanda Diaz / 21 Feb 2018
Sound
Television