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.

01/09/2026

Today we bring you two great piano players that have been on the Tamworth scene for a number of years, Bill Gleeson and Richard Hutt.

25/08/2026

Today we preview just one of the many movies made around Tamworth district, The Picture Show Man.

18/08/2026

This week we bring you the conclusion of Calala Cottage, part four. We hope that you have enjoyed this four part series.

11/08/2026

Hope you are enjoying the four part series on Calala Cottage. This week we bring you part three.

03/08/2026

This week we bring you part two of Calala Cottage.

28/07/2026

This week we look at part one of the history of Calala Cottage.

21/07/2026

This week we bring you the “Great Banana Gourmet Guts” competition from the Christian Brothers College Tamworth back in 1976.

14/07/2026

A little nostalgia this week. We look back at a well-known landmark that was in the middle of Peel Street, Grace Brothers.

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07/07/2026

This week we celebrate both NAIDOC and Hats Off To Country. Our flick is of last year's celebrations commemorating 50 years of NAIDOC and 25 years for Hats Off To Country.

30/06/2026

John Williamson is well known to us all but not well known is the song he sings about our town, Tamworth. So here it is for your ejoyment.

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

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9am - 3am

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