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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
  • Radio
  • Photographs
  • (-) Documents

Subject

  • television
  • acquisitions
  • Australians & Hollywood
  • Baz Luhrmann
  • Catherine Martin
  • Catherine Martin series
  • costumes
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • collections
  • costume design
  • costume designers
  • NFSA
  • NFSA collection
  • oral history
  • 2010s
  • early Australian television
  • film
  • production design
  • The Women Who Made Australian TV
  • (-) children's television

Date

  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2019

Aug 2022

A smiling woman seated in a TV studio surrounded by children.
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At home with Rosemary Eather
The Women Who Made Australian Television 5: Rosemary Eather

Dive into the personal collection of wildly popular TV presenter Rosemary Eather, now held by the NFSA.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
3 August 2022
Documents
Photographs
Television

Dec 2021

Detail from a hand-drawn Christmas card showing Mr Squiggle carrying a golden glittery moon
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Mr Squiggle's Christmas cards

This collection of hand-illustrated greeting cards from Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington to Pat Lovell is representative of a wonderful working friendship.

BY
 Jessica Bolton
14 December 2021
Documents
Television

Sep 2019

Head and shoulders shot of Simon Townsend wearing a suit and tie and smiling directly at camera.
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Simon Before Wonder World!
Simon Townsend's Career – Before Simon Townsend Wonder World!

Before he created and hosted Wonder World!, Simon Townsend had already forged a successful career in TV, print and radio journalism.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
18 September 2019
Documents
Radio
Television

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