Restaurant and music venue Max's Kansas City in New York City was legendary in the 1960s and 1970s.

Famous for her hit predictions, Lillian Roxon thinks that Bette Midler – the Divine Miss M – is 'going to be so big, I can't stand it'.

There is no pretence at journalistic objectivity in this report by Lillian Roxon about John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘mingling with the citizens’ of New York.

'Lillian was a brilliant, brilliant writer' - Ian 'Molly' Meldrum pays tribute to Lillian Roxon's place in the history of music journalism.

Lillian Roxon boldly declares ‘I love [David] Bowie’.

This report about an Aretha Franklin concert is in a more familiar straight style of music journalism, where we experience a concert through the eyes and ears of the critic.

It’s obvious from this recording that Lillian Roxon prides herself on being able to identify which acts will make it big.

This excerpt from Today with Brian White on 2GB radio, Sydney was broadcast on 13 August 1973, a few days after Lillian Roxon’s death.

The NFSA celebrates Australian rock music journalist Lillian Roxon with an online curated collection featuring her work in radio.

Still of Lillian Roxon in 1955 courtesy of the family of Lillian Roxon and the book Mother of Rock: the Lillian Roxon Story by Robert Milliken (Black Inc 2002).