The National Film and Sound Archive has revealed its 19 sounds of 2024. From John Meillon's VB ad, to Jessie Street addressing the UN and Nova Peris's first speech in Parliament.
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00:00You can get it ridin', you can get it slidin', you can feel it comin' on about four.
00:12A big, big thirst needs a big, big beer.
00:16I'm very pleased to have the opportunity of addressing American women on the work of the women in the conference that we have recently been attending.
00:29The time is 3.19.
00:31Thousands of times a day in Melbourne alone, telephonists until recently spoke into an ever-demanding microphone, providing for subscribers an accurate time of day service.
00:39The time is 3.21.
00:40But now the manual system has been replaced by robot equipment.
00:44The time is 10.32.
00:46Australia's first speaking clock came to Melbourne in the liner Arcadia on her maiden voyage to this country.
00:56Contained in 37 crates, it was carefully unloaded under the supervision of post office engineers.
01:02This is Al Grasby, on behalf of the Australian Community Relations Office, welcoming you all to Radio 2EA, the voice of ethnic Australia.
01:15Today, the program is in Greek.
01:22Today, the program is in Arabic.
01:26This is Mr. Grasby, welcoming you to Radio 2EA, the voice of ethnic Australia.
01:38I call Senator Paris.
01:42Thank you, Mr. President.
01:45I acknowledge the traditional owners, the Ngambri and the Ngunnawal people of whose country we meet today.
01:51I pay my respects to my elders, past and present, and to our future leaders.
01:56I am Nova Marie Paris.
01:59I was born in Darwin, in the Northern Territory, and I retain my strong cultural and spiritual ties to my country, to Mother Earth.