Walkley award winning journalist and ABC historian Dr Margaret Simons will deliver the 2025 Rod Wallace Memorial Lecture for the Friends of the NFSA, 7 pm on Monday 20 October at the NFSA. She will discuss the predicted end of terrestrial television, review the recent history of the public broadcaster and why it is still needed, and what publicly funded “broadcasting” means for Australian film and sound, now and in the future.
Hosted by the Friends, the lecture is open to the public and the Arc Cinema venue is generously provided by the NFSA. The event will commence with a welcoming reception at 6.30 pm followed by the lecture at 7 pm. Bookings are essential.
Dr Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne. Since 2022 she has been a board member of the British-based Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian worldwide. Her most recent work (2023) is a biography of Labor minister Tanya Plibersek, and an updated edition of her biography of Foreign Minister Penny Wong was released last year. She has written extensively for The Monthly, Quarterly Essay, Inside Story, Crikey and The Age on political, environmental and media issues. She is also a novelist and gardening writer.
The Friends of the NFSA established the annual Rod Wallace Memorial lecture to commemorate the pioneering achievement of Roderick Wallace AM. During 32 years of service at the National Library of Australia (1945-1977) as an innovator, advocate and mentor, he oversaw the development of its special collections, including film, music and sound recordings, and laid the foundations for the creation of the NFSA in 1984 as a separate institution. The lecture series aims to reflect aspects of the preservation, accessibility and dissemination of the audiovisual heritage.
Further information:
Contact Friends’ President, Dr Ray Edmondson at ray@archival.au (phone 0413 486 849)
Bookings https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1466680
Website: https://www.archivefriends.org.au/index.php/events-news/rod-wallace-lectures
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