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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

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

Subject

  • 1970s
  • 1930s
  • 1960s
  • Australian film
  • Australians & Hollywood
  • 1920s
  • Australian television
  • oral history
  • early Australian television
  • obituaries
  • preservation
  • acquisitions
  • Australian actors
  • Catherine Martin
  • Catherine Martin series
  • film
  • guest contributor
  • NFSA
  • The Women Who Made Australian TV
  • (-) 1980s

Date

  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2017
  • 2016

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

Nov 2021

Four people are in a studio setting. Three of them sit behind a desk and the fourth stands. They are all looking at her. There is a film camera pointed at them that says ABC TV on the side.
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Calling the shots
The Women Who Made Australian Television 3 – Calling the Shots

In the third of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker celebrates some of the female producers and directors working in Australian television in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
29 November 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Nov 2021

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The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors: Remembering the Popular Medical Drama

The Young Doctors made its debut on TCN 9 (Nine Network) on 8 November 1976, breaking new ground in medical drama.

BY
 Helen Tully
5 November 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Oct 2020

Kylie Minogue is standing on a stage with a foot up on an amplifier in a power pose. There are dancers in front of her and two musicians on stage with her playing guitar.
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Kylie's story
Kylie Minogue online collection

Our Kylie Minogue online collection is sure to have you Spinning Around!

BY
 Beth Taylor
& Stephen Groenewegen
16 October 2020
Film
Photographs
Sound
Television

Sep 2017

A packed stadium of people witnessing the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Matilda the huge mascot of the games is on the field along with lots of school children.
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Reliving the 1980s

Our 100th curated collection is all about the 1980s, and it stars Charles and Diana, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Edna Everage, David Attenborough, Linda Burney, Ken Done, Michael Hutchence and many, many more.

BY
 Beth Taylor
4 September 2017
Film
Photographs
Television

May 2016

Cropped section of poster for short film Buckeye and Pinto
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Authentic B-grade
Authentic B-grade

In 2016, the NFSA presented two 1970s short film spoofs – Buckeye and Pinto (1980) and Terror Lostralis (1980) – as a special double bill at the St Kilda Film Festival.

BY
 Heather Gill
18 May 2016
Film
Photographs
Posters

Apr 2016

Cropped section of poster from Crocodile Dundee showing Paul Hogan smiling
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Selling Crocodile Dundee
Selling Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee

Crocodile Dundee was a huge international hit. How was it marketed in different countries?

BY
 Beth Taylor
21 April 2016
Film
Photographs
Posters

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