For the documentary Australia Daze, 28 film crews captured Australia's bicentennial celebrations over 24 hours across the country on 26 January 1988.

This documentary film examines the way Australians see themselves 200 years after the British fleet sailed into Sydney harbour to found a colony.

Excerpt from the documentary Australia Daze (Pat Fiske, 1988).

Excerpt from documentary Australia Daze (1988) featuring Linda Burney.

Screen print of a stylised Dame Joan Sutherland with staves in the background, reflecting a sheet of music.

In February 2020, NFSA Oral History Senior Curatorial Officer Sean O'Brien interviewed Dave Mason, songwriter and lead singer with the innovative and influential pop group The Reels.

In a 1981 interview, just months after the murder of John Lennon in New York, his friend and fellow musician Billy Preston remembers John Lennon. 

For World TV Day 2020, sample some key moments in the evolution of Australian broadcasting and take a deep dive into our television collection.

In this clip, Liz Jacka talks about how the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s also led to a golden age of TV mini-series in the 1980s.

‘True Blue’ is an Australian folk country song written and performed by singer-songwriter John Williamson.