As the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival rolls around, we are turning the clock back as part of our Newscaf Across Australia online collection.

The highlight of the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2014 was the unveiling of life-size bronze statues honouring husband and wife duo Slim Dusty and Joy McKean.

From Broken Hill to Broome, Townsville to Tasmania, our regional TV networks have been capturing the essence of Australia for decades.

Rare artworks by the Warburton Aboriginal community are on display in the We Made These Things exhibition at the Goldfields Art Centre Gallery in Kalgoorlie. 

A news report on the 2001 Shinju Matsuri Festival in Broome, Western Australia.

One of Australia's favourite sons, Charles Kingsford Smith, was celebrated at Port Lincoln airport in February 1997, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Imparja News reports on Governor-General Sir William Deane's meeting with traditional owners of the Mount Wedge homestead in the Northern Territory in July 1999.

Members of the NSW National Trust talk about plans for the future of the oldest dwelling in Bathurst, Miss Traill's house. 

Imparja National News reports on the community of Daguragu celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 'Wave Hill Walk-Off'.

In November 1996, Dave Faulkner from the Australian rock band Hoodoo Gurus tells GWN news about plans for the band's upcoming tour which kicked off in the town of Broome, WA.