This excerpt from Mental as Anything's 'Live It Up' is a time portal into '80s music videos with its neon-lit backdrop and bright, poppy colours.

This short excerpt from a 1983 episode of kids' TV series Shirl’s Neighbourhood highlights the scene-stealing puppet, cranky Claude the Crow (voiced and operated by Ron Mueck).

A defining feature of the seven-piece alt rock band TISM (This Is Serious Mum) is their anonymity, with members donning masks, wigs and elaborate costumes like this spiked red balaclava from 1989.

BMX Bandits was an Australian film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and released locally in December 1983 at a time when BMX bikes were enjoying a surge in popularity among children and t

Bob Hawke, the former Australian prime minister, was immortalised as a puppet for the popular political satire TV show Rubbery Figures (1984–1990).

Ossie Ostrich was a staple on Australian television for nearly three decades, co-hosting the iconic Hey Hey It's Saturday with Daryl Somers.

Collette Roberts, better known simply as Collette, was a New Zealand-born, Australian-based model who sashayed her way into pop stardom in the late '80s and early '90s.

Posters are an important part of a film's marketing campaign – they serve as a means of enticing audiences to the cinema, and give hints at what cinemagoers can expect when it comes to the film's p

This is part of a personal collection of VHS tapes featuring popular music video clips from 1987–1991.

The cover to this 1988 comic Hoppy the Kangaroo shows how global animation giant Disney has incorporated Australiana into its repertoire – and this wasn't the first time either.