Sounds of Australia

Sounds of Australia
Presented by	National Film and Sound Archive
Country	Australia
First awarded	2007
Official website	Sounds of Australia on NFSA

The National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia is a public registry of recordings that celebrates the unique and diverse recorded sound culture and history of Australia.

The Registry was launched in February 2007 with a foundation list of ten. Each year, the NFSA calls for public nominations which are assessed by a panel of experts from the recorded sound industry and cultural institutions who select the recordings to be added to the Registry.

1 List of additions by year
2 Selection criteria
3 Sounds of Australia Patrons
4 References
5 External links

List of additions by year

2011 Additions

1898 – The Recordings of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits^[1] — Alfred Cort Haddon and others
1927 – The Sailors^[2] — Stiffy & Mo
1943 – The maiden parliamentary speeches of Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney^[3] — Dame Enid Lyons^[4], Dame Dorothy Tangney^[5]
1952 – Ken Howard calling the Melbourne Cup^[6] — Ken Howard MBE
1960 – The Art of the Prima Donna^[7] — Dame Joan Sutherland
1964 – I’ll Never Find Another You^[8] — The Seekers
1974 – Living in the 70s^[9] — Skyhooks
1974 – Cyclone Tracy, Darwin^[10] — ABC Radio
1987 – I Should Be So Lucky^[11] — Kylie Minogue
1987 – Voss^[12] — Richard Meale

2010 Additions

1928 – Hinkler’s Message to Australia/Incidents of My Flight^[13] – Bert Hinkler
1936 – Wrap Me Up In My Stockwhip and Blanket^[14] – Tex Morton
1939 – The announcement of the declaration of World War II^[15] – Prime Minister Hon. Robert Menzies
1941 – The announcement of war with Japan^[16] – Prime Minister Hon. John Curtin
1959 – Bye Bye Baby^[17] – Col Joye
1948–1962 – Pick A Box^[18] – Bob Dyer
1971 – Just the Beginning^[19] – Don Burrows Quartet
1971 – Eagle Rock^[20] – Daddy Cool
1973 – Opening concert of the Sydney Opera House^[21] – Sir Charles Mackerras/Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Birgit Nilsson
1980 – The 4×100 Medley Relay Final at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics^[22] – Norman May
1987 – Rebetika Songs^[23] – Apodimi Compania
1983 – We Are Going^[24] – Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)
1991 – From Little Things Big Things Grow^[25] – Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
1992 – Paul Keating’s Redfern Park Speech^[26] – Paul Keating

2009 Additions

1924 – London recordings^[27] – Newcastle Steelworks Band, conductor Albert Baile
1954 – The Vegemite Jingle^[28]
1955 – The Adventure of the Singing Bullet^[29] – Smoky Dawson
1958 – My Country^[30] – Dorothea Mackellar
1962 – Georgia Lee Sings the Blues Down Under^[31] – Georgia Lee
1966 – In the Head the Fire^[32] – Nigel Butterley
1968 – Lionel Rose Wins the World Title^[33] – Ron Casey
1972 – I Am Woman^[34] – Helen Reddy
1973 – The Loner^[35] – Vic Simms
1991 – Treaty^[36] – Yothu Yindi

2008 Additions

1919 – Country Gardens^[37] – Percy Grainger
1927 – Waltzing Matilda^[38] – John Collinson
1930 – The 1930 Australian XI: Winners of the Ashes^[39] – Sir Donald Bradman
1938 – The Aeroplane Jelly Song^[40] – Joy King
1949 – Theme from Blue Hills^[41] – New Century Orchestra
1957 – Pub With No Beer^[42] – Slim Dusty
1967 – Irkanda IV^[43] – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
1968 – Bird and Animal Calls of Australia^[44] – Harold J Pollock
1972 – Most People I know (Think That I’m Crazy)^[45] – Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
1981 – We Have Survived^[46] – No Fixed Address

2007 Additions

1899 – Fanny Cochrane Smith’s Tasmanian Aboriginal songs^[47] – Horace Watson
1910 – My South Polar Expedition^[48] – Ernest Shackleton
1937 – Dad and Dave from Snake Gully (Radio Series)^[49] – George Edward Players
1943 – The Majestic Fanfare (ABC radio news theme)^[50] – Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra
1950 – Maranoa Lullaby^[51] – Harold Blair
1950 – Corroboree^[52] – John Antill and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
1953 – Jack Luscombe interview^[53] – interviewed by John Meredith
1966 – Friday On My Mind^[54] – The Easybeats
1976 – (I’m) Stranded^[55] – The Saints
1983 – Jailanguru Pakarnu^[56] – The Warumpi Band

2007 Foundation List

1897 – The Hen Convention^[57] – Thomas Rome
1904 – Chant Vénitien^[58] – Dame Nellie Melba
1915 – The Landing of the Australian Troops in Egypt^[59] – Zonophone
1931 – Along the Road to Gundagai^[60] – Peter Dawson
1939 – Give A Little Credit to Your Dad; Lonesome For Your Mother Dear^[61] – Buddy Williams
1944 – Swanston St Shamble; Two Day Jag^[62] – Graeme Bell
1953 – Tribal Music of Australia^[63] – A P Elkin
1960 – She’s My Baby^[64] Johnny O’Keefe
1975 – 'Kerr’s cur’ speech^[65] – Prime Minister Hon. Gough Whitlam
1981 – Down Under^[66] – Men at Work

Selection criteria

Recordings must be at least ten years old to be nominated
Recordings are assessed on their cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance, and how they inform or reflect life in Australia
For the purposes of the Registry, 'sound recordings’ are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sound component of a moving image work, unless it is available as a stand alone sound recording or is the only surviving component of the work
Recordings may be a single item or group of related items; published or unpublished; and may contain music, spoken word, or any other sound
Recordings do not have to be part of the National Film and Sound Archive’s National Recorded Sound Collection.