Skip to main content

For important COVID-safety and visitor information please see Visit Us

NFSA dark logo NFSA light logo
menu
  • Latest
  • What's On
  • Collection
  • Preservation
  • Learning
  • About
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Tagged: Melbourne

Collection
Public Transport
This diverse collection spans 100 years and shows the relationship between Australia's growing population and evolving public transport systems. Footage includes the North Shore ferry in 1899; ...
Collection
Melbourne Time Capsule
Explore iconic sights and sounds of Melbourne captured on film and in song, dating from a look down Collins Street in the 1890s to the streets of Fitzroy in 2019. Collection items will bring memories...
Collection
Prisoner
Forty years ago, on 27 February 1979, one of Australia’s most addictive soap operas debuted on Network Ten. It finally came to an end after nearly eight years and 692 episodes, on 11 December 1986....
Collection
Australian Vintage Cinemas and Theatres
This collection about Australian picture palaces is dedicated to the enduring pleasures of cinemagoing. At the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has recently closed cinemas across Australia but...
Collection
Best of Australian fashion in the 1940s and 1950s
Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion. Fashion communicates who we are, and who we want to be. Designer Christian Dior...
Collection
The Commonwealth Games
In 2018 the 21st Commonwealth Games took place on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It was the fifth Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia...
Collection
Australia by Song
Is Canberra calling to you? And why is it hot in Brisbane but Coolangatta? There was a craze for writing songs about Australian cities and towns in the 1920s and 30s, but the oldest in our collection...
Article
West Gate Bridge Disaster: 50 Years
Fifty years ago, on 15 October 1970, Australia's worst-ever industrial accident occurred when the West Gate Bridge collapsed into the Yarra River in Melbourne, killing 35 people.
Article
Rare AFL footage released
The NFSA has released rare footage of one of Australian Rules football’s greatest players, Essendon forward John Coleman. Film curator Simon Smith made the discovery.
Article
Budding filmmakers at the 1956 Olympics
There were several future film and TV makers shooting home movies at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • next ›
  • last »
Help the NFSA do more
Donate Now

Other ways to Support Us

Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

Go to NFSA Facebook page
Go to NFSA YouTube channel
Go to NFSA Instagram
Go to NFSA Twitter page
Go to NFSA Soundcloud channel
Go to NFSA Flickr photostream
Sign up to our newsletter Open newsletter sign up form
  • Contact Us
    • Offices
    • Feedback
  • Visit Us
    • Getting here
    • Venue information
    • Cafe
  • Using The Collection
    • Access fees
    • Film Australia Collection
    • Non-theatrical screenings
    • Theatrical screenings
    • Black Screen
    • Copyright
    • Access centres
  • Corporate Information
    • Media Releases
    • Governance
    • Publications
    • Tenders
    • Freedom of information
    • Public Interest Disclosure
    • Legal notices
  • Careers
    • Working with the NFSA
    • Fellowships and internships
    • Volunteers
    • Musical Accompanists Register
  • Online Shop
  • Web Accessibility
  • Privacy