In 1977, Simon Townsend made a new pilot for the current affairs-style children's program that he had been trying to get on the air for a few years. 

Various press clippings from the scrapbooks donated to the NFSA by Simon Townsend. 

An early poster promoting Simon Townsend's Wonder World! featuring a large head shot of the program's popular canine mascot, and Simon's family pet, Woodrow the Bloodhound.

A publicity still for Simon Townsend's Wonder World! from the show's first season featuring the original four reporters with host Simon Townsend and mascot Woodrow.

Publicity image of Simon Townsend with his team of Wonder World! reporters, circa 1982.

This image of Simon Townsend and his Wonder World! team of reporters appears to have been taken somewhere on Sydney Harbour, with the city skyline in the background, circa 1985.

When Simon Townsend got a new Labrador puppy in late 1986, the show held a competition to give the puppy a name.

Mrs Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) has just measured Babe, because she’s planning on roast pork for Christmas lunch.

Entertainer Barry Crocker appears in this advertising campaign for Lassie dog food from the mid to late-1960s created by George Patterson Advertising.

Jack O'Hagan wrote several songs about the town of Gundagai, including 'Along the Road to Gundagai' (1922), 'Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox' (1938) and '