A bank of early radio equipment from the 1920s arrayed on a table

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Tune into Radio 100

30 November 2023

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Curator Amy Butterfield seated near a window, smiling

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Interview with a Radio 100 curator

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100.

Amy Butterfield /

23 November 2023

Detail from a painting of the mascot terrier Nipper listening to a gramophone

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Radio 100: Spirits in the Material World

When radio took off 100 years ago so did the belief that airwaves offered a chance to commune with spirits.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas /

23 November 2023

A white man wearing headphones twiddles with knobs on a 1920s crystal radio

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New waves: The birth of radio in Australia

A look at the early days of radio, from crystal sets to first broadcasts and advertisements.

23 November 2023

Oct 2010

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AC Haddon collection

Jenny Gall (Research Fellowships program at NFSA) and myself took the train across the English countryside to Cambridge University. Our destination was the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Martin Ford

27 October 2010

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Oral History