Library Sales

If you are a sports fan like me, then you’ll agree that the next twelve months are going to be very exciting for us. Australia celebrates 100 years of Rugby League this year. ABC TV broadcast Rugby League matches from 1960s until 1995 which has expanded our already extensive sports collection.

02/04/2008

Australian War Memorial - Conflicts 1945 to today

This is the War Memorial’s newest gallery which looks at the conflicts and peace keeping missions from 1945 up until the current day.

02/04/2008

Library Sales has a new researcher!

I am very excited to welcome the newest addition to the Library Sales research team. Beth Shepherd started her journey by working at the ABC Shop part-time whilst she was studying. After working in the shop for 2 years, she then moved into Non-Theatric Sales in 2004. After travelling overseas, she returned to the ABC in 2007 and began researching for Library Sales.

02/04/2008

Library Sales now dubbing to DVCPRO and HD CAM!

The Library Sales in-house dubbing facility has recently acquired some new state of the art dubbing machines.

02/04/2008

Melbourne Cricket Club Museum - The National Sports Museum exhibitions

The National Sports Museum opened last month at the MCG. It contains a variety of exhibitions ranging from ‘Backyard to Baggy Green’, ‘Armchair Footy’ and ‘Spirit of Sport’ to name a few.

02/04/2008

National Museum of Australia: CIRCA – Australian Journeys

The National Museum of Australia's Circa theatre, re-opening early in 2008 after being refurbished, will take visitors on a unique journey through history from deep time to contemporary Australia.

02/04/2008

Powerhouse Museum Acquires Norman Gunston Jacket

In recent news, Garry McDonald has donated his famous Norman Gunston jacket to the Powerhouse Museum.

04/12/2007

ABC Footage tells the History of Radio

Thanks for Listening: the History of Australian Radio was produced by Graham McNeice productions for the History Channel. The four-part series premiered on 18 November 2007.

04/12/2007

AP Archive

AP Archive, the video archive of the Associated Press, one of the world’s most distinguished news footage collections has been represented by the ABC in Australasia and South East Asia since 1996. We hold a significant selection of their material in our Sydney office and can organise for material to be sent from London.

04/12/2007

Great Australian Albums

ABC footage was heavily featured in the fantastic SBS series ‘Great Australian Albums’ (now out on DVD).

04/12/2007

Jack Egan’s Cricket Legacy

Sadly, one of Australia’s great commentators on the game of Cricket passed away earlier this year.

Jack Egan had worked closely with ABC Sport and ABC Archives over the years. He spent many hours in the ABC archives cataloguing the ABC cricket archive from 1958-79, the years when the ABC had exclusive rights to the television coverage of cricket in Australia.

04/12/2007

Music – FLASHEZ clips

Ray Burgess, Australian musician and TV Presenter, who was the principal host of the late 1970’s ABC youth culture program FLASHEZ has very generously donated 4 full episodes of the series to the ABC.