Australian Screen Online (ASO) Education

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Spec sheet

Purpose: ASO is a promotional and educational resource providing worldwide online access to information about the Australian film and television industry.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Audience: The education collection is designed to help teachers and students use the site’s moving image resources.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Privacy: The NFSA says supplied contact details are used for the purpose provided and are not added to a mailing list unless requested.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Support: Users can email [email protected] with questions about site content or technical problems.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Browse and search: Education clips can be found through one or more categories, and the site’s search functions search the entire collection.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Collection size: The education page states that 1,065 clips have teachers’ notes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Content scope: ASO includes information and excerpts from Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home movies produced over the last 100 years.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Education materials: The education collection pairs selected moving image clips with teachers’ notes written by specialist curriculum writers and background notes from expert curators.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Notable limit: The site is devoted to Australian film and television history, so it does not aim to provide much information about Hollywood or other foreign productions.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Operator: Australian Screen Online is operated by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Partners: The site brings together material from NFSA, National Archives of Australia, ABC, SBS, and AIATSIS collections, with copyright holders’ permission.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Safety information: Clips considered potentially disturbing carry classification warnings.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au
Topics: Education categories include environment, film and media, history, identity and culture, Indigenous Australia, science and technology, society, sport and health, the arts, values and citizenship, and war.Read 3 Oct 2026 · aso.gov.au