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A mix of white and First Nations people dressed in 1950s clothes dancing together.
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Article

NFSA Restores: The Coolbaroo Club

18 August 2023
VIEW
Artist Richard Bell seated in his studio in front of one of his works: a coloured Indigenous map of Australia with the words PAYE THE RENT across it
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Deep Dive: You Can Go Now

Watch a filmed conversation with First Nations artist Richard Bell at the NFSA.
24 August 2023
A fire ant seen at close quarters on a branch
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Science and Innovation

Science Week stories about spray-on skin, conservation, biosecurity, drones and more.
14 August 2023
Three white children, two boys and a girl, laughing and smiling together on a boat at sea. The youngest boy and girl are wearing colourful jumpers while the older boy wears a denim jacket.
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1990s TV shows for tweens

Remember the boom in Australian science-fiction and fantasy TV for kids in the 1990s?
Wendy Hanna  / 
9 August 2023

Category

  • Object
  • Photographs
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  • (-) Film

Subject

  • Australian film
  • 1930s
  • 1970s
  • Arc cinema
  • events
  • Australian cinema
  • Australians & Hollywood
  • 1920s
  • film
  • First Nations Australians
  • home movies
  • screenings
  • 1960s
  • Dr John Milner
  • Canberra
  • NFSA Restores
  • silent films
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  • (-) preservation

Date

  • 2021
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  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2014
  • 2013
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  • 2011
  • 2010

Mar 2021

Still from a colourised film showing a woman bent down near a table holding a large fan.
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Corrick Collection Digital Restoration
Corrick Collection: Digital Restoration

The Corrick Collection of films has now been digitised and is once again able to be shared with audiences.

BY
 Jillian Mackenzie
10 March 2021
Film

Mar 2021

The celebrating bride and groom and wedding party exit the church after a wedding in 1925
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Australia in Colour: Season 2
Australia in Colour: Season 2

A second season of the landmark factual series arrives on SBS from 10 March 2021, featuring over 160 minutes of NFSA collection footage.

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
9 March 2021
Film
Television

Mar 2019

A partly colourised photo of a nautical-themed float in a 1930s street parade. On the float a woman dressed in white sits on a large-scale model of a sea creature.
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Australia in Colour
Australia in Colour – landmark SBS series with NFSA content

The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.

11 March 2019
Film
Television

Feb 2017

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Cricket legends in action, 100 years later

We had to build a custom-made device and photograph 465 frames in order to bring back to life a 1901 Kinora cricket film!

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
21 February 2017
Film
Object

Apr 2016

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Bellissimo! Rescuing vintage Italian films

Sally Jackson traces the journey of Italian films to Australia via World Film Distributors and through the hands of collectors to the NFSA.

BY
 Sally Jackson
1 April 2016
Film

Jul 2014

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Caring for your collection

Do you want to learn how to extend the lifespan of your photo, music, film and video collections? You've come to the right place.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
21 July 2014
Film
Photographs
Sound

Jun 2014

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When a typhoon hits an archive

NFSA Senior Researcher Mick Newnham shares his expertise with South-East Asian archivists at SEAPAVAA in Vientiane, Laos.

BY
 Mick Newnham
18 June 2014
Film

Apr 2014

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Thailand's fragile film heritage

Thai Film Archivist Kedsuda Jina recently visited the NFSA to learn about our preservation work. She told Clair Hurford that her country's heritage is in danger because of a lack of interest from the public.

BY
 Clair Hurford
9 April 2014
Film

Sep 2013

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International Council on Archives

Senior researcher Mick Newnham reports on his recent visit to the Solomon Islands for the Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives.

BY
 Mick Newnham
4 September 2013
Film

Aug 2013

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Digitise or Perish

Rick Prelinger and Paula Le Dieu discuss the exciting challenges and opportunities cultural institutions face in the digital age.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
8 August 2013
Film

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