From the 1970s on, radio started reflecting the diversity of Australian voices.
Stream selected films from the NFSA collection including Wrong Side of the Road (pictured).
View the extraordinary colourised footage from the NFSA collection of the last thylacine in captivity.
'Our collection tells the story of the nation – our memories, our lives, our futures.'
'What’s that, Skip? You’ve been an Australian icon for how long?!'
The adventures of Sonny Hammond and Skippy the bush kangaroo in Waratah National Park in the late 1960s captured the country’s imagination and showcased Australia to the world.
This collection takes a fond look back at the original series of 91 episodes and spin-off movie Skippy and The Intruders (1969).
Lights, camera, culture!
The NFSA collection is dynamic, diverse and often surprising, spanning everything from television to TikTok, vintage to video, polyester film to podcast.
In 2023, our curators introduced 61,000 items. Amidst these highlights, you'll discover moments both grand and intimate: defining news, sports and cultural events, personal stories, and the experiments that add spice to Australia’s cumulative creativity.
View the acquisition highlights for 2023
Image (above): 'Padam Padam' by Kylie Minogue
One of our eight film series programmed at NFSA Arc Cinema: As summer comes to an end and the school bell draws closer, head back to the hallways with these nostalgic schoolyard classics.
Lose yourself in The Library, a treasure box of the NFSA’s most precious, wondrous, and whimsical artefacts.
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.