Thousands of important videotapes in our collection are at risk because the VHS machines needed to play them are no longer being manufactured.
Beer, biff and legends – we look back at how Aussie Rules footy used to be, as told by Western Australian football legend Jack Sheedy.
Iconic TV puppet Mr Squiggle is at the National Archives for the Out of this World exhibition. We take a look at how the ‘man from the Moon’ delighted generations of Australian children.
The diary of an Antarctic cook gives an insight into the dining habits of Australia’s first expeditioners.
2 September 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, ending World War II. Australia’s perspective on these events is captured in the National Archives collection.
A few generations ago, food and other commodities were so scarce that the Australian Government had to impose rationing to ensure that everyone had a fair share.
International flights were unavailable to Australians until 1935, when a new airline called Qantas Empire Airways launched the first regular flights between Australia and Europe.
The 1967 referendum – in which over 90% of voters agreed that First Australians deserved equal constitutional rights – remains the most successful referendum in Australian history.
In 1915, three mates from Sydney used the humble camera to document their ’adventure of a lifetime’ at Gallipoli.
Illegal brewing had its heyday in rural Australia during the 1930s.
See the sketches of Able Seaman Rex Julius, a little-known war artist commissioned by the Australian War Memorial and Australian Military History Section in 1944.
In 1979, Skylab paid an unscheduled visit to Western Australia – and the Miss Universe pageant.
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