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

Subject

  • staff profiles
  • television
  • artefacts
  • Australian film
  • music
  • 1950s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • Australian cinema
  • David Parker
  • documents
  • electronic music
  • film
  • Malcolm
  • oral history
  • preservation
  • radio
  • recorded sound
  • sound
  • soundtrack

Date

  • (-) 2016

Dec 2016

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2016 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
23 December 2016
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

Dec 2016

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2016: A-list visitors and big crowds!

Here are just some of the events we presented in 2016.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
22 December 2016
Film
Object
Oral History
Sound
Television

Sep 2016

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Split my ride

We spoke to David Parker and Tony Mahood, two of the creative minds responsible for creating the quirky getaway car in Malcolm (1986).

BY
 Jemma Pietrus
21 September 2016
Film
Object

Sep 2016

Close up of Sid Oldroyd's homemade TV showing screen and dials inside a wooden cabinet, built in 1956.
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A homemade TV
Story of a homemade TV

Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?

BY
 Jenny Gall
12 September 2016
Object
Television

Aug 2016

The Fairlight sampling synthesizer showing keyboard and user display monitor.
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Fairlight
The Fairlight Sampling Synthesizer

In 1979 two young Australians invented the first Fairlight sampling synthesizer and changed electronic music forever. We have one in working condition!

BY
 Beth Taylor
29 August 2016
Object

Aug 2016

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Pest control

How the NFSA takes care of pests and mould, and what you can do at home to protect your own collections.

BY
 Robert Waterfall
10 August 2016
Object

Aug 2016

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Staff Profile: Jennifer Gall

Meet Jenny Gall, Assistant Curator - Documents and Artefacts, who has a passion for the performing arts, an obsession with textiles and a love of musical instruments.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
2 August 2016
Object

Jul 2016

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Gerry O'Neill
Staff Profile: Gerry O'Neill

Meet NFSA staffer Gerry O'Neill: preserving Australia's sound heritage when he's not thrashing his guitar with punk outfit The Bladder Spasms.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
5 July 2016
Object
Sound

May 2016

Close-up of 1950s turntable for vinyl records
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Vinyl renaissance
Vinyl renaissance

Assistant Sound Curator Nick Henderson speaks with Zenith Records Director Paul Rigby about the current state of the vinyl market in Australia.

BY
 Nick Henderson
30 May 2016
Object
Sound

Feb 2016

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Staff Profile: Tamara Osicka

In the first edition of our new staff profile series, Emily George speaks with Sound Archivist Tamara Osicka about how she got started on her career, and how she feels handling important cultural items.

BY
 Emily George
2 February 2016
Object
Sound

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