NFSA Timeline

NFSA Timeline

Over 30 Years of the National Film and Sound Archive

    • Display Year: 2021

    Click ‘Read More’ to see further highlights from 2021 including The Dressmaker exhibition on tour and the relaunch of Twelve Canoes.

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    • Display Year: 2021

    Australians & Hollywood

    The NFSA announces a blockbuster exhibition opening in January 2022.

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    • Display Year: 2021

    Patrick McIntyre is appointed as the new NFSA CEO.

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    • Display Year: 2021

    Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist

    In March we launch Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist, an exhibition celebrating one of Australia’s most prolific and influential photographers.

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    • Display Year: 2021

    Corrick Collection tours Tasmania

    The newly digitised Corrick Collection tours Tasmania for the Ten Days on the Island festival.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    Funding Boost for the NFSA

    The NFSA receives $5.5 million to support digitisation of at-risk audio and video.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    Click ‘Read More’ to see further highlights from 2020 including rare Thylacine footage and Donald Bradman in colour.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    NFSA launches ❤ Kylie: A Celebration

    Celebrating Australia’s highest-selling artist of all time.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    NFSA + DNA

    A technological world first for the NFSA.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    Hive and Storywall

    A new interactive public space opens in August.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    The NFSA is always open online

    In response to COVID-19 restrictions, we launch the NFSA is Always Open Online campaign.

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    • Display Year: 2020

    NFSA restoration of The Sentimental Bloke premieres in Sydney

    The NFSA digitally restores The Sentimental Bloke (1918), a classic Australian silent film.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Archie Roach: His Story in Song

    Our online exhibition celebrates the life and career of a remarkable Australian singer, songwriter and storyteller.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Game Masters: The Exhibition

    Game Masters: The Exhibition opens and the NFSA begins collecting and preserving Australian video games.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Three million collection items and growing

    The NFSA collection now numbers over three million items.

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    • Display Year: 2019
    • John Farnham. NFSA title: 359376

    John Farnham: The Voice

    Our online exhibition relives the highlights of the phenomenal career of an Australian music legend.

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    • Display Year: 2019
    • Alan Anderson glass slide, 1915. NFSA title: 1030348

    Anzac Sight Sound: final centenary

    New recordings are added to the Anzac Sight Sound website in the final phase of First World War commemorations.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    Our online exhibition celebrates the majesty of Skippy.

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    • Display Year: 2019
    • Sarah Snook in The Dressmaker, 2015.

    The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition

    Our latest blockbuster exhibition celebrates the artistry of costume design and the transformational power of fashion.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Australia in Colour

    We supply 70% of the footage used in the landmark four-part series Australia in Colour.

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    • Display Year: 2019

    Carriberrie VR Experience

    We present an immersive virtual reality journey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander song and dance.

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    • Display Year: 2018
    • Annette Kellerman. NFSA title: 584811

    Annette Kellerman: Australia’s Fearless Mermaid

    Our online exhibition celebrates Kellerman’s inspirational life and career.

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    • Display Year: 2018

    Starstruck exhibition on tour

    We produce a short documentary about Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits when the exhibition opens in Adelaide.

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    • Display Year: 2018
    • Photo: Karin Catt

    Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures

    The NFSA hosts a major Heath Ledger exhibition in Canberra.

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    • Display Year: 2018
    • Jimmy Barnes, 1985. NFSA title: 1527383

    Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Man

    Our online exhibition celebrates an Australian rock legend.

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    • Display Year: 2018
    • NFSA Digitisation Strategy 2018–2025

    Digitisation Strategy launch

    The NFSA launches the Digitisation Strategy 2018–2025.

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    • Display Year: 2018

    Museum Dance Off 2018

    The NFSA wins the national title in the international Museum Dance Off competition 2018!

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    • Display Year: 2018
    • Newscaf 30th anniversary, 2018.

    Newscaf 30th anniversary

    The NFSA celebrates 30 years of our News and Current Affairs Program in 2018.

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    • Display Year: 2017
    • Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits

    Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits

    The NFSA and the National Portrait Gallery present a new star-studded exhibition.

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    • Display Year: 2017

    Jan Müller is appointed as the new NFSA CEO.

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    • Display Year: 2017
    • Tara Morice and Paul Mercurio in Strictly Ballroom, 1992.

    Strictly Ballroom: Behind the Curtain

    Our new online exhibition celebrates 25 years of Strictly Ballroom.

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    • Display Year: 2017
    • Deborra-lee Furness and Hugh Jackman at the NFSA Restores premiere of Shame. MIFF photo: Jim Lee Photo.

    NFSA restores: Shame

    The NFSA restoration of Shame (1988) premieres at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival.

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    • Display Year: 2017
    • Graham Kennedy, c1960. Courtesy Nine Network.

    Graham Kennedy: The King

    The King of Television is the subject of our new online exhibition.

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    • Display Year: 2017
    • The Sydney Harbour Bridge. NFSA title: 25548

    Sydney Harbour Bridge: online exhibition

    Celebrating the 85th birthday of an international icon.

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    • Display Year: 2017

    UNESCO Australian Memory of the World

    The 1899 and 1903 Fanny Cochrane Smith Tasmanian Aboriginal recordings join the register.

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    • Display Year: 2017

    Click ‘Read More’ to see further highlights from 2017 including 10 years of Sounds of Australia and our 100th online curated collection.

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    • Display Year: 2016
    • Mr Percival with Storm Boy (Greg Rowe). NFSA title: 1447284

    Storm Boy turns 40

    Storm Boy, the classic Australian film based on Colin Thiele’s novel, is the subject of our latest online exhibition.

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    • Display Year: 2016

    The new NFSA website

    The redeveloped nfsa.gov.au offers a mobile, responsive experience to better discover and share our collection.

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    • Display Year: 2016
    • The new NFSA logo, 2016.

    Return of the kookaburra

    The NFSA relaunches its visual identity in November with the return of an old friend.

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    • Display Year: 2016

    Shine screening and concert

    The NFSA’s 20th anniversary screening of Shine reunited pianist David Helfgott with actor Geoffrey Rush.

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