Collection
Discover many of the incredible moments in the life of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap.
The Red Terror, also called Bobby by his strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock, was a red chestnut...
Collection
This collection celebrates Australia's rich history of circus and carnival performers.
It includes footage of Wirth's Circus, which entertained audiences for over 100 years, as well as the Flying...
Article
Samuel François-Steininger has colourised footage from the NFSA collection of Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger in captivity.
Article
Fifty surprising, heartwarming and weirdly wonderful items from the NFSA collection.
Article
The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2017?
Article
An animal wrangler, film armourer and sound recordist discuss their careers in the Australian film industry in these Oral History interviews.
Audio
'Little Donkey' was first released in 1959 by English singer Gracie Fields. It’s a popular Christmas tune covered by many artists; its most successful version was by the Danish singing duo of Nina...
Audio
The voice-over announces 'the male koala grunting’. We hear a series of deep-voiced grunts similar to the sounds of a large pig.
Summary by Maryanne Doyle
Image from: Koalas - The Bare Facts (1990),...
Video
This clip captures images of the Tasmanian tiger, alone in its enclosure at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. The thylacine is shown in close-up investigating the camera, pacing up and down its small cage,...
