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.

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.

Before the pocket-sized Nagra was created, the Telefunken Minifon P55 was the smallest wire recorder on the market.

Throughout the history of amateur filmmaking, there were lots of accessories available to make home movies look more professional, such as these individual letter decals, which the company Wh

Marketed as a machine of ‘beauty, quality, performance and low price’, this Mansfield Holiday II camera capitalised on the popularity of holidays as appropriate subject matter for amateur filmmaker

To experience the illusion of viewing three-dimensional images, 1950s cinema audiences were required to wear cardboard and cellophane glasses with one blue and one red lens like this set from 1952.

Johnny O’Keefe (1935–1978) was Australia’s first homegrown rock star.