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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
  • Oral History
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  • Documents
  • (-) Radio

Subject

  • radio
  • 1980s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians
  • animals
  • Australia's Amateur Hour
  • authors
  • Censorship
  • film costumes
  • Gaywaves
  • Helen Garner
  • home movies
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Monkey Grip
  • novels
  • talent shows
  • talkback radio
  • Terry Dear
  • women

Date

  • (-) 2017

Dec 2017

Deborah Mailman singing on stage in a still from the film The Sapphires
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2017 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2017?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
19 December 2017
Film
Oral History
Posters
Radio
Sound
Television

Oct 2017

Helen Garner sitting in the ground, look at the camera and holding an open book
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Monkey Gripping Radio

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Helen Garner’s first novel, Monkey Grip.

BY
 Maryanne Doyle
5 October 2017
Radio

Apr 2017

A poster showing a diverse group of people, with the text: Sydney Talks on Open Line. 1pm Mon to Fri on 2UE
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The birth of talkback radio

Did you know that until 17 April 1967, talkback radio was illegal in Australia?

BY
 Rod Butler
& Chris Arneil
12 April 2017
Radio

Apr 2017

Enid Hogan behind a microphone in a radio studio
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A 1950s woman in radio

Prompted by our Women in Radio curated collection, Neale Hoggan sent us some lovely images depicting his mother Enid's life in radio.

BY
 Frances Baldwin
10 April 2017
Photographs
Radio

Mar 2017

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Prue Borthwick on making Gaywaves

Dashiell Hannoush talks to Prue Borthwick about the LGBTQIA+ radio program Gaywaves and how she turned her personal stories into social statements.

BY
 Dashiell Hannoush
3 March 2017
Radio
Sound

Feb 2017

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Australia's Amateur Hour
Australia's Amateur Hour, a Pioneering Radio Talent Show

Australia's Amateur Hour was a pioneering radio talent show that became a pop-culture phenomenon.

BY
 Chris Arneil
13 February 2017
Radio
Sound

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