Sounds of Australia: Songs by Midnight Oil, Christine Anu, The Wiggles among new inductees
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Midnight Oil, Christine Anu, The Wiggles and a classic cricket anthem have all been immortalised in the Sounds of Australia registry.
Each year the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) chooses 10 recordings to add to the registry that have made history and become part of Australia's national soundtrack.
NFSA sound curator Thorsten Kaeding said the registry ensured the collection of songs; jingles and interviews lived on into the future.
"[We] collect Australia's recorded sound history and then preserve that in its original format," he said.
"The 1912 [song When Father Papered The Parlour] was on cylinder, so we still keep that cylinder but we digitise to really high standards as well so we can give access to that material to whoever wants to have a listen."
Power And The Passion: Midnight Oil, 1982
Midnight Oil's commentary on the disparity between rich and poor in the 1980s became one of their biggest hits.
The video was filmed in 1982 among the Woolloomooloo Mural Project in Sydney and references Australian symbols and places, from panel vans to Pine Gap.
Power And The Passion was the most popular single from Midnight Oil's breakthrough fourth studio album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
It peaked at number eight and remained in the charts for 171 weeks.
YOUTUBE: YouTube: Midnight Oil music video for Power And The Passion, 1997
Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car: The Wiggles, 1998
The Wiggles' enduring children's classic Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car is one of the group's most popular songs.
It is the title track from their ninth album, Toot Toot, released in 1998 during the band's push into international markets, in particular the United States.
The song and its accompanying video clip showcase the rhyming and associated dance that is important in childhood development.
The album went on to win the 1998 ARIA Award for best children's album.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
VIDEO: The Wiggles on being added to the NFSA Sounds of Australia registry (ABC News)
Sounds Of Then (This is Australia): GANGgajang, 1985
Sounds Of Then (This is Australia) became GANGgajang's most recognisable track after being released as a single from their self-titled debut album in 1985.
It was written by Mark Callaghan to capture the culture shock of moving from England to Bundaberg in Queensland and it incorporates many of the iconic sights, sounds and smells of Australia.
The quintessentially Australian song only peaked at 35 on the Australian singles chart in February 1986.
It became a hit years later when it featured in a Coca-Cola commercial and then as Nine Network's station ID promotion in 1996.
YOUTUBE: YouTube: GANGgajang's music clip for Sounds Of Then (This is Australia), 1985
C'mon Aussie C'mon: The Mojo Singers, 1978
C'mon Aussie C'mon topped the charts for two weeks in February 1979 after originally being written as a 60-second jingle by Mogo advertising executives to promote the second season of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.
It was written by Mojo directors Alan Morris and Allan Johnston and eulogised prominent cricketers of the time.
YOUTUBE: YouTube: C'mon Aussie C'mon Australian original cricket television advertisement
Island Home: Christine Anu, 1995
Christine Anu's Island Home has become one of Australia's unofficial anthems.
The song celebrates the beauty of Anu's Torres Strait home and her move from island life to the city to pursue her musical career.
It is an adaption of a track written by Neil Murray and released by the Warumpi Band in 1987.
Island Home was the second single from Anu's debut studio album Stylin' Up released in 1995.
It won song of the year at the 1995 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards.
YOUTUBE: YouTube: Christine Anu's music video for Island Home, 1995
Skippy The Bush Kangaroo: Eric Jupp, 1968
One of the most recognisable Australian television theme songs, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo was composed by Eric Jupp in 1968.
The original series aired from 1968 to 1970 and went on to be translated into multiple languages and broadcast in dozens of countries.
Re-runs of the series have ensured the show has had a lasting impact on generations of Australian children.
YOUTUBE: YouTube: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo television theme
The other four additions to the Sounds of Australia for 2016 are:
- When Father Papered The Parlour, by Billy Williams (1912)
- Life Without Love, by Frank Coughlan's Trocadero Orchestra (1937)
- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, by Eric Bogle (1971)
- Antarctica: Suite For Guitar And Orchestra, by Nigel Westlake (1992)
Australians are invited to nominate new sounds to be added to the registry each year, with the final selections decided by a panel of industry experts.
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