The 2010 additions to the Sounds of Australia registry will be announced tomorrow night by Sounds of Australia Patron Joy McKean (pictured left with her late husband, Slim Dusty) and are now listed on the National Film and Sound Archive website.

Every year, the NFSA celebrates recorded sound in Australia with new additions announced on Sound Day. The NFSA also hosts the Thomas Rome lecture, which is given by a leading figure in the recorded sound industry (Rome recorded The Hen Convention, 1897, Australia’s earliest surviving sound recording).

New sounds are nominated by the public and assessed by an expert panel on their cultural and aesthetic significance. These recordings – which must be at least ten years old – can come from any genre and include recited poetry, famous political speeches, pop music and opera.

So which musicians will join the likes of Yothu Yindi and the Saints on the registry this year? What recordings of landmark historical events – such as Shackleton’s South Polar Expedition, or the dismissal of Prime Minister Whitlam – will be added? Will other sporting achievements be recognised alongside those of Lionel Rose and Don Bradman?

The new sounds will be added to ASO later in the year. In the meantime, listen to clips and read more about the existing Sounds of Australia collection.