TAGGED: 1970s
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This delightful sound recording centres on 15 year-old Shane Gould’s famous 200m medley win at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

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Beverley Whitfield gained international recognition when she won three gold medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

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In this excerpt from an exclusive NFSA oral history interview with Jonathan Coleman, he explains how his gig as a Wonder World! reporter came about.

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In this excerpt from Art + Soul Episode 3: Bitter and Sweet, Mervyn Bishop talks about his most famous photograph – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically pouring sand into th

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To mark the 50th anniversary of the first raising of the Aboriginal flag in July 1971, proud Kamilaroi yinarr (woman) Cheree Toka writes about what the Aboriginal flag means to her.

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This never-before-seen home movie footage of David Gulpilil dancing in 1979 was recently donated to the NFSA.

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A rarely-seen experimental colourised version of Daddy Cool’s film clip for 'Eagle Rock' has been found and restored by the NFSA.

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Author, columnist and film and TV critic Luke Buckmaster examines the enduring themes of Wake in Fright, first released in 1971.