Behind every safer site and shorter shift lies a story of protest, persistence and the people who changed how Australia works.

When you reach for a jar of Vegemite, does it put a rose in your cheeks?

Helmets and eye shields are shown to protect a welder’s eyes against damage caused by heat, sparks, ultraviolet rays and dust.

Known as ‘Australia’s favourite cowboy,’ Smoky Dawson was a beloved country and western performer, entertainer and radio star.

With this View-Master reel, you could have your very own souvenir of Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation – in three-dimensional colour!

This marvel of motion and sound from the mid-1950s was discovered at a local Canberra market by one of the NFSA's eagle-eyed curators. Part praxinoscope, part phonograph, this Magic Mirror Mov

These wooden puppets are from the appropriately named short film Nightmare (AKA The Magician) by avant-garde filmmaker Dušan Marek.

Get your gramophone running at its best with this Columbia speed tester!

An Australian interpreter of Hawaiian music, crooner Johnny Wade and his band recorded the mesmerising tune ‘Magnetic Island' in 1950.

This 1950 ukulele and case is notable for belonging to Johnny Wade, Australia's best-known performer of Hawaiian material.