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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

  • Film
  • Television
  • Sound
  • Photographs
  • Oral History
  • Documents
  • Posters
  • (-) Object
  • (-) Radio

Subject

  • radio
  • 1950s
  • 1940s
  • costumes
  • preservation
  • women in radio
  • 1930s
  • Australian radio
  • glass slides
  • 1960s
  • 1980s
  • radio serials
  • 1970s
  • acquisitions
  • music
  • television
  • 1920s
  • 1990s
  • Australian film
  • Baz Luhrmann

Date

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010

Mar 2023

Full-length, wide shot of actor Nicole Kidman in a scene from the film Australia. She's standing in the dusty outback wearing a safari-style outfit of a beige skirt, belted shirt and hat with long dark brown boots.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/CM-hero-banner_NK-Australia.jpg
Spotlight on: Catherine Martin
Spotlight on: Catherine Martin

Curator Jenny Gall has taken a deep dive into the career of Oscar-winning designer Catherine Martin and her film collaborations with Baz Luhrmann from Strictly Ballroom (1992) to ELVIS (2022).

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
8 March 2023
Documents
Film
Object
Photographs

Mar 2023

Satine and Christian embrace in her chambers while Toulouse-Lautrec peers down at them from outside a heart-shaped window, in a scene from Moulin Rouge!
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/article/hero_image11-2017/moulin-rouge_hero_2.jpg
Catherine Martin: Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!
Catherine Martin: Designs for Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!

Curator Jenny Gall continues her series of articles charting the career of Catherine Martin and her celebrated collaboration with director Baz Luhrmann.

BY
 Jenny Gall
1 March 2023
Documents
Film
Object
Photographs

Feb 2023

Two kids standing side by side against a yellow corrugated iron fence. One is white girl with straight blond hair in a ponytail, wearing denim overalls and a cap, and the other is a First Nations boy with curly dark hair wearing a purple singlet and blue Hawaiian shirt.
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2022 at the NFSA
NFSA Acquisition Highlights of 2022

Watch and listen to highlights of what our curatorial teams collected in 2022.

27 February 2023
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

Feb 2023

Close up of some green sequinned fabric.
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LGBTQIA+ Collection
LGBTQIA+ Pride Collection at the NFSA

The NFSA is proud to support the LGBTQIA+community. Here's how you can explore LGBTQIA+ content from our collection online.

17 February 2023
Documents
Film
Object
Photographs
Posters
Radio
Sound
Television

Jan 2023

Costume polaroids form Strictly Ballroom featuring Paul Mecurio and Tara Morice
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Catherine Martin: Strictly Ballroom Costumes
Catherine Martin: Costumes designs for Strictly Ballroom

Curator Jenny Gall continues her series of articles charting the career of Catherine Martin and her celebrated collaboration with director Baz Luhrmann.

16 January 2023
Documents
Film
Object
Photographs
Posters

Nov 2022

Detail of a costume from the film ELVIS showing a green frog playing a guitar. The diamante fabric of the costume is accented with sparkling jewels.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/ELVIS%20green%20frog%20sparkle.jpg
Catherine Martin: ELVIS Costumes
Catherine Martin: Costume Designs for Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS

NFSA curator Jenny Gall does a deep dive into Catherine Martin's costumes for ELVIS. Selected costumes from the film are part of the Australians & Hollywood exhibition at the NFSA.

BY
 Jenny Gall
7 November 2022
Film
Object
Photographs

Oct 2022

Jazz musician and singer Louis Armstrong standing in front of a microphone in a TV studio, smiling. Another musician is pictured beside him holding an instrument. Circa 1964.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/Louis-Armstrong_Cover-option-2.jpg
Louis Armstrong in Australia
Rare footage of Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) in Australia

The NFSA has released rare footage of the ATN-7 Louis Armstrong television special ‘Riggio Presents Satchmo’, unseen since 1965.

BY
 Johanna McMahon
19 October 2022
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

Sep 2022

Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Robert Menzies, c1954.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee
Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

A selection of films, artefacts and documents from the NFSA collection showcase the life of Britain’s longest reigning monarch.

BY
 Michelle Davenport
8 September 2022
Film
Object
Photographs

Sep 2022

Singer John Farnham, circa late 1990s or early 2000s, pictured from the waist up wearing a black jacket and blue collared shirt, standing on a stage and holding on to a microphone stand. He's smiling at the camera.
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John Farnham Trivia
Interesting Facts About John Farnham

We share some fascinating facts and fun trivia about one of Australia's favourite music superstars.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
1 September 2022
Radio
Sound
Television

Aug 2022

Statue of a man playing Aussie Rules football.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/Bunton-statue-HERO-1.jpg
Rare Recording of Haydn Bunton
Rare Haydn Bunton Recording Rediscovered

Hear the only known recording of AFL legend Haydn Bunton, 'the Bradman of football'.

BY
 Simon Smith
12 August 2022
Film
Object
Radio
Sound
Television

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