It wasn’t only the main city centres which offered records and record players. Bennett’s Melody Shop, Bondi Junction, in Sydney’s east sold records and a range of phonographs.

During the 1940s and ’50s there were numerous small recording studios in the big cities where anyone could record a one-off acetate disc or perhaps have a small run pressed.

A look at the Rocks area, focusing on restored old buildings, and tourist attractions including retail outlets. 

Summary by Damien Parer

When these films of Darling Harbour were taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s by transport enthusiast and cinematographer Roger McKenzie, there was no light rail, no urban walking trail, and it

The new NFSA documentary Steam on the Harbour showcases Darling Harbour as a busy railway goods yard, long before it became a Sydney tourist destination.

The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection: over 30 short films made in 1899.

Members of Sydney’s French Community gathered after a cricket match

It's 1946 and three-year-old Robin Voigt is meeting Santa Claus for the first time.

The discovery of two films made in Australia by frères Lumière representative Marius Sestier in 1896 includes Australia’s earliest surviving film.