Chapter 4
Radio 100: All the voices

From the 1970s on, radio started reflecting the diversity of Australian voices.

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NFSA Player

Stream selected films from the NFSA collection including Wrong Side of the Road (pictured).

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In the news
Tasmanian tiger in colour

View the extraordinary colourised footage from the NFSA collection of the last thylacine in captivity.

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Radio 100
Tune into Radio 100
Across 100 days, we are celebrating 100 years of Australian radio. Learn more.
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Share your memories
Be part of Radio 100
Industry insiders and radio fans shared some of their prized radio memories.
Detail from the poster for the film WINHANGANHA showing an archival photo of two First Nations men wearing collared shirts and bush hats. The edges of the black-and-white photo is curled up as if on fire, and the collage also features fire and the red, yellow and black colours of the Aboriginal flag
NFSA Commissions
WINHANGANHA
The new film by acclaimed artist Jazz Money, comprised entirely of NFSA collection material.
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Australian invention
The Fairlight sampler
Did you know the first digital synthesiser was invented by two Australians?
Five players from the Australian Women's Soccer team running side by side, they are smiling and look to be celebrating scoring a goal.
In the news
The rise of the Matildas
Discover how women's football has developed in Australia over a century.
Kylie Minogue on stage in a pink showgirl costume singing into a microphone.
Step Back in Time
Kylie Minogue: 50 fun facts
Test your Kylie knowledge.

'Our collection tells the story of the nation – our memories, our lives, our futures.'

Explore a wealth of stories
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo collection

'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).

View 24 items in this curated collection

Blue plastic tea set with kangaroo motif in red cardboard box. 'Skippy Tea Set' logo on box.
Object
Skippy tea set
A taxidermied angaroo illuminated by lime green light
TV parody
Skippy on Fast Forward
An advertising graphic of a coat of arms with a box of Skippy cornflakes at the centre, topped with a crown and flanked by two kangaroos
Advertisement
Skippy Corn Flakes TV ad
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What we collected in 2023

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

TBA
TikTok series
Krystal Klairvoyant
Five players from the Australian Women's Soccer team running side by side, they are smiling and look to be celebrating scoring a goal.
World Cup triumph
The Matildas
TBA
VR Daintree Rainforest
Gondwana
Now on in Canberra
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10 Jan – 3 Feb
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Film series: Back to school

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.

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Lose yourself in The Library, a treasure box of the NFSA’s most precious, wondrous, and whimsical artefacts.  

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