How many of these 10 distinct Aussie sounds do you recognise?

What makes Australia unique?

Is it the people, the landscapes, the sights, the smells, or perhaps the sounds?

The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) has a collection of distinctly Australian sounds it adds to every year.

This year a nostalgic beer ad, a classic pop song, a timeless TV theme, and a talking clock have all been placed into a collection of the sounds that help make Australia special.

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A Current Affair spoke to NFSA chief curator Meagan Loader about the 10 quintessential pieces of Aussie audio that made it to the 2024 list.

NFSA's 10 Sounds of Australia 2024 includes:

1. Women's status in the United Nations Charter: an address to the first meeting of the Women's International Radio League, Jessie Street – 1945

2. Speaking clock, Gordon Gow (Postmaster General's Department) – 1954

3. Doctor Who theme music, Ron Grainer (composer), Delia Derbyshire (musician) – 1963

4. Victoria Bitter ad, John Meillon (voice), George Patterson (agency), for Carlton & United Breweries – 1968

5. Jimmie Barker Collections, Jimmie Barker – 1972

6. The earliest 2EA (now SBS Audio) broadcast recordings in language – 1975

7. 'Kickin' to the Undersound', Sound Unlimited – 1992

8. 'Chains', Tina Arena – 1994

9. Last call of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle – 2009

10. Nova Peris' inaugural speech to Australian Parliament – 2013

Watch the full video in the player above.