Research Guides
Sound Recordings in the National Archives
- Sound Recordings in the National Archives
- Contents
- Introduction
Images- Ch 1 Historical Overview of Sound Recordings in Australia
- Ch 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Ch 3 Arts and Entertainment
- Ch 4 Biography and Personal Papers
- Ch 5 Commemorative and Historical Events
- Ch 6 Defence
- Ch 7 Education and Training
- Ch 8 Health and Welfare
- Ch 9 Inquiries and Royal Commissions
- Ch 10 Promotion and Advertising
- Ch 11 Science
- Ch 12 Works
- APPENDIXES
- App 1 Other Guides in the collection
- App 2 Addresses and opening hours
Images
Image no: 1
Sporting announcer T Duckmanton and technician S Bancroft operating the ABC’s pick-up amplifier to feed commentary from a Sydney golf course to the studio, c. late 1940s. (Talbot Sydney Duckmanton was General Manager of the ABC, 1965–82.)
From Chapter 1
Image no: 3
Experts analyse progressive voting returns during a direct telecast from the national tally room in Canberra.
From Chapter 3
Image no: 5
ABC field unit – Scottish trio sing for ABC radio correspondent Chester Wilmot, c1941.
From Chapter 3
Image no: 6
An ABC team records a schools production of King Lear on the cliffs at Bondi.
From Chapter 3
Image no: 8
Gramophone recording of Don Bradman’s reply at the presentation by the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust following his 100th century in first class cricket, 12 December 1947.
From Chapter 3
Image no: 9
Label on reference copy of CD containing interviews with East Timorese witnesses about the deaths of Australian-based journalists in 1975.
From Chapter 9
Cover: (Edward) Stafford Dyson, ABC cadet announcer 5CL, October 1939. (Stafford Dyson was the producer of drama and features in the South Australia branch of the ABC for 30 years.)
Rear cover