Tamworth Film and Sound Archive

Tamworth Film and Sound Archive The TFS Archive houses about 8,000 cans and cassettes of local and regionally produced visual material and over 20,000 items on the database.

Click on the website to view our collection. The Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive preserves our regional film and sound heritage. Formed in 1995 as the The New England Film and Sound Archive and now The Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive houses about 8,000 cans and cassettes of local and regionally produced visual material and over 20,000 items on the database, plus historical audio

material. Tamworth and regional material dates back to 1916 and includes many local collections. Equipment donated by Prime TV and others enables us to play as well as copy most formats. You are most welcome to visit our office at Tamworth Regional Council, Ray Walsh House in Peel Street. We operate just like a library so you can borrow or buy material on DVD, video or tape – for research or viewing or listening. Please make an appointment by contacting us on the phone number provided and a friendly volunteer will greet you and show you around. Volunteers needed: We are always on the lookout for new volunteers to assist with research and cataloguing of our collection, to tend the Archive space and help with copying. The work is very interesting and rewarding, so please contact us. Become a Member: You can join the Archive as a member - you will be rewarded with the experience of preserving our vision and audio history for future generations.

02/06/2026

Two items of interest this week concerning Fred Hillier and Nick Greiner.

26/05/2026

We are displaying this week some glass plate slides which were donated to the archive recently. They are of the Hoban family who lived in Marius Street Tamworth. Anyone who can fill in some names and history for this family would be greatly appreciated.

19/05/2026

Volunteer week is here and this week we look back at some of those hard working volunteers of our past.

05/05/2026

VOLUNTEERS WANTED – TAMWORTH ARCHIVE
Got a bit of spare time?
Help us preserve Tamworth’s history.
We’re looking for volunteers to:
Play and digitise old video & audio tapes
Do simple computer tasks (we’ll show you how)
No experience needed. If you can use a mouse and follow along, you’re good to go.
Great for retirees or long-time locals who know the area and enjoy local stories.
Friendly team. Flexible hours. 100% voluntary.
Interested? Send us a message.

05/05/2026

For those who missed this years ANZAC march here it is to view.

13/04/2026

For those too young to know that there was a Drive-In theatre here in Tamworth, the Tamworth Film and Sound archive this week is happy to be able to show you that there was such a theatre.

06/01/2026

Happy New Year to all. Country Music Festival is nearly upon us so this week we bring you a little teaser of a not-so-forgotten event, by those who remember the Country Music Cavalcade. Some too young will hopefully appreciate what the Cavalcade was about and enjoy looking back into the past.

16/12/2025

This week we continue with our last chapter of our three part series on Tamworth's history. Hope you are enjoying the flicks.

08/12/2025

This week we continue with part two of our three part series on Tamworth's history. Hope you are enjoying the flicks.

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Now In Our New Premises At 218 Peel Street
Tamworth, NSW
2340

Opening Hours

9am - 3am

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