Lyrebirds are great mimics, copying many sounds in their environment. In nature this consists predominantly of other birds.

Adelaide-born Carmelo Bianchetti, AKA djhmc (House Master Cam), carved out an international reputation for his seminal techno releases during the 1990s, such as ‘Phreakin’, ‘LSD’ and ‘6AM’ – leadin

This excerpt from Two Day Jag is among the first jazz recording of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944.

Summary by Ian Gilmour

Buddy Williams sings Lonesome For Your Mother Dear, a sad song about a man missing his dead mother. This clip is from the start of the song.

This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market.

'Wrap Me Up With My Stockwhip and Blanket’ was recorded by Tex Morton in August 1936 for Regal Zonophone at EMI Studios in Sydney.

Tasmanian Aboriginal recordings are inscribed in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2011. 

The opening of the Columbia Graphophone Company record factory in Homebush, Sydney on 14 October 1926 marks the beginning of the record industry in Australia.

Rock singer-songwriter Deborah Conway was a founding member of Do-Re-Mi before launching a successful solo career, winning the 1992 ARIA for Best Female Artist, and organi