This Roy Rene doll, showing him as the character ‘Mo McCackie’, was owned by Evelyn Chamberlain, who received it as a child.

Originally introduced in the mid-to-late 1930s, the Keystone is a sturdy, spring-motor-driven camera that takes double-perforated 16mm film.

In 1923, 16mm film was first introduced. Ten years later, standard 8mm film was launched as a less expensive option.

This sheet music from 1930 is for one of Australia’s most recognisable tunes – 'The Aeroplane Jelly Song', an advertising jingle composed by Albert Francis Lenertz.

The hand-wound Ace projector was a cheap way to project 9.5mm film.

This silent short film captures a long-forgotten moment from Australia’s wildlife history – rare footage of the now-extinct South Australian Toolache wallaby.

These vintage promotional films for Tasmania, now restored in stunning 4K, take us on a dreamy journey through the island’s recent past, showing us the streetscapes, landscapes, fashions and pastimes of the 1930s and 1960s.

This silent promo film for the Victorian Football League (VFL) was made for cinemas in the l

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100, including how Australia was a radio ‘vanguard’, dating the oldest radio broadcast in the NFSA collection, and – despite the gap in time – the parallels between the rise of radio and the internet as a means of human connection.

Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley outlines nine essential moments to know from the early years of Australian radio, 1923 to 1935.