Forty years after Simon Townsend's Wonder World! first went to air on 3 September 1979, we celebrate this landmark children's TV program.

Wonder World!'s self-described 'zany' reporter, Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman visits a hobbies exhibition at Neutral Bay in Sydney – and manages to wreak havoc in the process.

Simon Townsend's first foray into children's television was a pilot episode for a current affairs-style program for kids called The Ripper Report in 1974.

In 1977, Simon Townsend made a new pilot for the current affairs-style children's program that he had been trying to get on the air for a few years. 

A publicity still for Simon Townsend's Wonder World! from the show's first season featuring the original four reporters with host Simon Townsend and mascot Woodrow.

This is the very first letter Simon Townsend received from a viewer of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!.

This is one of the first iterations of the Simon Townsend's Wonder World! magazine insert from The Australian Women's Weekly 'For the Children' section.

Fredd Bear, the much-loved children’s television character from the late 1960s and early 70s, has arrived at the NFSA.

Before he was 'Whispering Jack', John Farnham was a teen idol named Johnny who was crowned 'King of Pop' five times.

Leisure, directed by Australian master animator Bruce Petty (1929-2023) in 1976, won the Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated).