NFSA curator Maryanne Doyle profiles the series Behind the Violence, which was produced by Sydney community radio station 2SER and broadcast across Australia in 1994.

Jack O’Hagan began broadcasting with the Melbourne radio station 3AR in the 1920s, and later regularly appeared on 3LO, 3AW and 3DB.

A short extract from the morning program ‘Nicky and Graham’ starring Nicky (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Graham Kennedy on Melbourne radio station 3UZ in June 1955. Nicky and Graham

Recently discovered in the NFSA collection is a 1940s radio drama based on the life of the educated and handsome bushranger Andrew George Scott, aka Captain Moonlite (1842-1880).

The NFSA celebrates the inaugural World Radio Day on 13 February 2012 with a glimpse into the technical side of broadcasting during the Second World War in Australia.