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

Subject

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians
  • Australian film
  • Australian music
  • careers
  • Crawford Productions
  • daphne campbell
  • Gotye
  • Grammy Award
  • oral history
  • television
  • The Overlanders
  • The Sullivans
  • Yabun Festival
  • young artists

Date

  • (-) 2013

Oct 2013

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Vale Daphne Campbell

Oral History manager Ken Berryman farewells the star of the 1946 Australian epic The Overlanders, Daphne Campbell, who passed away on 15 October 2013 at the age of 89.

BY
 Ken Berryman
21 October 2013
Film
Oral History

Oct 2013

Wally De Baker, aka Goyte at the NFSA in 2013
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Gotye, in his own words

Wouter ‘Wally’ De Backer, better known as Gotye, sat down with us to record a comprehensive Oral history interview.

BY
 Ken Berryman
1 October 2013
Oral History
Sound

Aug 2013

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The legacy of Hector Crawford

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hector Crawford in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, it is timely to reflect upon his contribution to Australia’s cultural life.

BY
 Helen Tully
14 August 2013
Documents
Oral History
Television

Jul 2013

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Heath Ledger oral history project

Sixteen interviews have been recorded with graduating students for the Heath Ledger Young Artists Oral History Project.

BY
 Ken Berryman
8 July 2013
Film
Oral History
Sound
Television

Feb 2013

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Frank Yamma oral history

At last month's Yabun Festival, NFSA Indigenous Curator Brenda Gifford recorded an Oral History interview with singer-songwriter Frank Yamma.

BY
 Brenda Gifford
21 February 2013
Oral History
Sound

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