Collection
The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection: over 30 short films made in 1899.
Produced by Frederick Charles Wills and Henry William Mobsby, these films record...
Collection
From farm to factory to table, this collection of films spanning almost a century shows the changing face of Australia's rural and industrial landscapes.
In the late 19th Century primary industry...
Article
Guest contributor Jennifer Bowen shares extracts from several rare regional radio programs in the NFSA collection funded by the Rural Bank of NSW.
Article
Discover the history of Southern Queensland through these films and songs from the NFSA collection.
Audio
The bank’s Agricultural Magazine of the Air ran on 17 NSW commercial stations in 1939, still on air in the 1950s. Post war, it actively promoted ideas of progressive farming by sending Australian...
Audio
The bank’s Agricultural Magazine of the Air ran on 17 NSW commercial stations in 1939, still on air in the 1950s. Post war, it actively promoted ideas of progressive farming by sending Australian...
Audio
Each episode looks at the history of a different region of NSW.
Audio
Each episode looks at the history of a different region of NSW. Sponsored by the Rural Bank.
Video
With 125 million sheep spread across the country, and 90 thousand tons of lamb and 3 million tons of wool exported annually, Australia truly rode to prosperity on the sheep’s back.
This is an excerpt...
Video
It hasn’t rained for 18 months and 5,000 sheep have already perished. Farmer Max Russell is desperate to save his remaining flock and hands them over to a drover.
This is an excerpt from the film ...
