MTV was a global music phenomenon that finally reached Australia's shores in 1987. 

This clip is from the very last episode of ABC's iconic music TV show Countdown. 

The history-making, decades-long run of Neighbours began on 18 March 1985.

On 18 March 1985, the first episode of Neighbours

This clip is from a 1988 promotional film for the Australian company Piping Hot Wetsuits, titled Strike Force. 

This clip is a compila

This second drop dives deeper into the undercurrents of 1984: a year when Australian music unsettled, seduced and provoked.

In 1984, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the National Film and Sound Archive’s new headquarters in Canberra. Fast forward 40 years, and the echoes of 1984 still reverberate.

NFSA Curator Crispian Winsor marks the 40th anniversary of INXS' chart-topping fourth studio album, The Swing.

Released in 1983, Horace Goes Skiing is the second instalment of the Horace series created by William Tang for Beam Software.