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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
  • Object
  • Radio
  • Documents
  • Posters
  • (-) Oral History

Subject

  • oral history
  • obituaries
  • Australian film
  • 1970s
  • television
  • Australian television
  • staff profiles
  • 1980s
  • acquisitions
  • journalists
  • NFSA
  • radio
  • Australian music
  • early Australian television
  • film
  • First Nations Australians
  • guest contributor
  • NFSA collection
  • role of women
  • The Women Who Made Australian TV

Date

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

Jun 2023

A First Nations man playing guitar on stage with a rock band.
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Wrong Side of the Road interviews
Wrong Side of the Road: Interviews with Cast and Crew

Interviews with cast and crew members and musicians featured in Wrong Side of the Road (1981).

BY
 Brenda Gifford
30 June 2023
Film
Oral History

Mar 2023

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Vale Brian Walsh
Vale Brian Walsh

Farewell to one of Australia's most influential television executives.

BY
 Simon Smith
23 March 2023
Oral History
Television

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

Jan 2023

Singer Renee Geyer pictured from the waist up, singing into a microphone with band members in the background behind her.
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Vale Renée Geyer
Vale Renée Geyer

One of Australia’s greatest and most influential vocalists, Renée Geyer, sadly passed away on 17 January 2023, aged 69.

BY
 Crispian Winsor
20 January 2023
Oral History
Photographs
Sound

Dec 2022

Wooden make-up chest belonging to film make-up artist Vivien Mepham. The chest's drawers are open and make-up jars, brushes and bottles are displayed in front of the chest
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In the Make-Up Chair with Viv Mepham
Australian Make-Up Artist Viv Mepham

A look at the career of Viv Mepham, one of Australia's behind-the-scenes pioneers in the world of make-up artistry.

BY
 Alexandra Robinson
6 December 2022
Film
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Aug 2022

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Vale Judith Durham
Vale Judith Durham

Vale Judith Durham, who passed away on 5 August 2022, aged 79.

BY
 Crispian Winsor
11 August 2022
Oral History
Radio
Sound

Jun 2022

Black and which image of a woman pictured from the waist up wearing a black jacket and white collared shirt staring directly at camera
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Australians in Hollywood: Oral Histories
Australians in Hollywood: From the NFSA Oral History Collection

We dive deep into the NFSA Oral History collection to present stories about leading stars and filmmakers featured in our Australians & Hollywood exhibition.

BY
 Sean O'Brien
30 June 2022
Oral History

Mar 2022

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Ken Muggleston, Oscar winner
Australian Oscar winner Ken Muggleston

Australian set decorator Ken Muggleston recalls the moment he first learned he'd won an Academy Award.

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
22 March 2022
Oral History

Feb 2022

A woman kneeling down to adjust a television, c1950s.
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Women's and Children's Programs
The Women Who Made Australian Television 4 – Women's and Children's Programs

In the fourth of a 5-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker reveals some of the women who shaped and redefined television content for women and children.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
28 February 2022
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Feb 2022

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Vale Glenn Wheatley
Vale Glenn Wheatley

We mark the passing of Glenn Wheatley – musician and manager of talent including John Farnham, Little River Band and Delta Goodrem.

BY
 Crispian Winsor
3 February 2022
Oral History
Sound

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