: by Liz Giuffre / 2019-09-26
Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3 first went to air on 1 October 1979. Station archivist Dr Liz Giuffre shares excerpts from a music industry documentary by Richard Kingsmill that was broadcast on 2SER in 1988.
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: by Stephen Groenewegen / 2019-09-24
After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Bathurst, the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition now opens in Geraldton, WA.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-09-18
Before he created and hosted Wonder World!, Simon Townsend had already forged a successful career in TV, print and radio journalism.
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: by Tamara Osicka / 2019-09-16
The NFSA has acquired 24 glass slides by Walter Scott Griffiths illustrating his alternative vision for Australia’s future capital city.
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: by Tara Marynowsky / 2019-09-10
The NFSA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Matrix with a special screening and Q&A with Executive Producer Andrew Mason.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-09-06
Australia's most fabulous road trip movie opened in Australian cinemas 25 years ago – on 8 September 1994. To celebrate, we're Undressing Priscilla all over again.
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: by Simon Smith / 2019-09-04
Join us in Canberra on 6 September for a special screening of two episodes of The Evil Touch, a 1970s Australian-US horror-suspense anthology series.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-08-30
Celebrating 40 years of Simon Townsend's Wonder World! The show that changed the face of children's television in Australia.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-08-30
Forty years after Simon Townsend's Wonder World! first went to air, we celebrate this landmark children's TV program.
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: by Jeff Wray / 2019-08-28
When Charles Farrell came to Australia in 1936 to appear in The Flying Doctor, he brought with him a touch of Hollywood glamour and the aura of a big-name star.
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: by Bronwyn Barnett / 2019-08-20
Fredd Bear, the much-loved children’s television character from the late 1960s and early 70s, has arrived at the NFSA.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-08-16
Before he was 'Whispering Jack', John Farnham was a teen idol named Johnny who was crowned 'King of Pop' five times.
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: by Adam Blackshaw / 2019-08-15
Enjoy a comprehensive selection of Australian animated short films in our new curated collection.
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: by Amanda Diaz / 2019-08-09
Caitlyn LeRoy, who works at the NFSA, discovers early footage of her family and place of birth in the collection.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-07-22
Have you explored our John Farnham online exhibition yet? We share some fascinating facts and fun trivia about the music superstar.
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: by Mel Bondfield / 2019-07-18
Don't miss The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition at the NFSA before it closes on 18 August 2019.
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: by Ashlinn Harty / 2019-07-15
Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the NFSA has unearthed a rare recording of the historic event on Australian commercial radio, as it happened in 1969.
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: by Adam Blackshaw / 2019-07-15
For the 50th anniversary of the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission, we are sharing these news clips from 1969 and also from the 20th and 30th anniversaries of the Moon landing in 1989 and 1999.
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: by Maryanne Doyle / 2019-07-10
We're marking the 30th anniversary of the passing of radio entrepreneur Grace Gibson with the publication of some vintage radio dramas.
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: by Adam Blackshaw / 2019-07-08
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following article contains the names, images and voices of deceased persons.
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