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

Subject

  • Starstruck exhibition
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 2010s
  • acquisitions
  • Australian actors
  • Australian music
  • Bathurst
  • Cinesound
  • collections
  • costumes
  • Mental As Anything
  • NFSA
  • photography
  • popular music

Date

  • (-) 2019

Dec 2019

Cartoon of dog parents in a car with their dog children in the back.
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2019 at the NFSA
NFSA acquisition highlights for 2019

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2019?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
11 December 2019
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Posters
Radio
Sound
Television

Nov 2019

Album cover for mental As Anything's record 'Get Wet' with a hyper saturated colour photo of the band members.
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Get Wet
Mental As Anything Debut Album 'Get Wet'

In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.

BY
 Sean O'Brien
27 November 2019
Oral History
Posters
Sound
Television

Sep 2019

Red Dog, a kelpie-cattle dog cross, pokes his head out of the window of a travelling train
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Starstruck Online
Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits Exhibition – Online Highlights

After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Bathurst and Geraldton between 2017 and 2019, you can now find highlights from the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition online.

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
24 September 2019
Object
Photographs
Posters

Feb 2019

A person has their back to the camera and is standing amidst shelves that are lined with video tapes.
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Starstruck: A Behind-the-Scenes Look
Starstruck: Behind-the-Scenes of the Australian Movie Portraits Exhibition

We’ve produced a short documentary about the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
27 February 2019
Documents
Film
Photographs
Posters

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