Bitter rivalries. Controversial calls. Sportsmanship at its finest. It’s no wonder Australians can’t get enough of their footy, with these 10 clips from NRL history showing why our passion for the game spans more than a century.
We remember Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian director of the landmark Australian film Wake in Fright (1971), who died on 10 April 2025 at the age of 94.
In wartime, music plays many roles. Here are some of the most famous Australian war songs: triumphal anthems, rollicking pick-me-ups and the laments of scarred survivors.
We’ve dug into the NFSA archives to present snapshots of Australian cities from last century. These clips offer intriguing slices of Australia at different times – where we lived, how we travelled and how we marketed ourselves to the world.
Before you stream SBS’s series Australia: An Unofficial History, make a detour through the NFSA’s vaults. Off the Record is a curated capsule of short films that peel back the surface of 1970s Australia.
Iconic looks. Wild moments. Unforgettable tracks. We’ve dug into the NFSA archives and rounded up some of Australia’s biggest music memories – from Cold Chisel’s to Kylie Minogue and more – it's a mixtape of moments that changed how we saw, heard and felt music.
Curator Jeff Wray gives an insight into trainspotting and the NFSA’s significant Jim Powe Collection of train footage.
In March 1995, Silverchair’s debut album Frogstomp hit like a shockwave, propelling three 15-year-olds from Newcastle, NSW, to global stardom and selling nearly three million copies worldwide.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.
