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Aussie Rules
From its origins as the Victorian Football League to becoming a national competition in the 1980s, AFL is arguably the nation's most popular sport. In this curated collection you will find the...
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Famous Australian Tennis Players
Enjoy a selection of clips featuring some of Australia's greatest tennis champions. Our tennis players dominated the world rankings, particularly from the 1950s to the 70s, which commentators look...
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Cricket
Cricket is as much a part of the Australian summer as backyard barbecues and sunburn. The earliest test cricket footage held by the NFSA dates back to 1910. The 'Golden Age of Cricket' is often...
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Rugby League
Enjoy a selection of memorable rugby league moments from the NFSA collection, dating from 1922 to 1999. You can see the earliest footage in our collection of a local match, from 1922; an...
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Annette Kellerman – Australian silent movie star
The list of Annette Kellerman's achievements is extraordinary: champion swimmer and diver, vaudeville performer, international silent film star, stunt performer and entrepreneur. Born in Sydney in...
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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...
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Life on the home front
Australians responded to the declaration of war in August 1914 with enthusiasm. Volunteers rushed to enlist, eager to share in the action and adventure, many believing it would be over by Christmas....
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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.
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Australian tennis history and golden age champions
Our new Tennis curated collection features some of Australia's greatest stars of the sport.
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Australian Tennis Stars at Wimbledon
To coincide with the annual 'Wimbledon fortnight', Johnny Milner takes a look at some Australian tennis stars who have excelled on the traditional grass court at Wimbledon.
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