Canberra's Birdman Rally attracted all kinds of entrants. Some entered for a lark, while others were much more serious. 

Still from the 1985-1987 drama series The Henderson Kids, featuring Kylie Minogue as Char, and Bradley Kilpatrick as Brains.

Still from Winners (1985), episode Room to Move, starring Nicole Kidman. 

Nicole Kidman, in the tradermark curls of her early years as an actress, stars in a telemovie which was criticised at the time for 'undermining parental authority'.

Still from The Insiders: A Journey Through From S (1988), an educational film to teach high school students about tax returns and how to fill out the corresponding form.

In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, Geoffrey Rush plays the stage manager during the Sydney Opera House finale of Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck.

An early (possibly one of the first) CD players. Top loading via a hinged transparent lid. Aluminium body over black plastic base.

An Adelaide dentist and amateur filmmaker has donated almost 10 hours of footage which helps chronicle the Australian and international Paralympic movement in the 1970s and 80s.

Ahead of its premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Tara Fedoriw-Morris recounts the journey of Ray Lawrence's Bliss (1985) back to the big screen, thanks to NFSA Restores.

In 2016, the NFSA presented two 1970s short film spoofs – Buckeye and Pinto (1980) and Terror Lostralis (1980) – as a special double bill at the St Kilda Film Festival.