The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.

In January 2015, after a decade-long campaign, Broken Hill was recognised as Australia’s first heritage-listed city.

Presenter Duranga Manika (Michelle Torres) describes her fascination with white people and their customs and explains how she spent six months living with a ‘typical white family’ (Tony Barry, Ceci

This is a story of personal tragedy, political rivalries, corruption and trial by media that nearly tore apart Australia at the moment of its birth.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

TV presenter Peter Luck describes the tragic details of the 1960 kidnapping, ransom demand and murder of 8-year-old Bondi boy, Graeme Thorne, whose parents had just won the lottery, in

Four women, born in the first half of the 20th century, talk about the expectations they had, as girls, for their own educations.

Jean Curthoys, Anne Summers, Edna Ryan and Marjory Thomas talk about feminism and their quests for a better education. Summary by Adrienne Parr.