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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

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Date

  • (-) 2011

Dec 2011

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Keeping Our Story

A personal perspective on the early days of remote Indigenous media groups.

BY
 Chris Guster
21 December 2011
Film
Oral History
Radio
Sound
Television

Dec 2011

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AKA Home of the Blizzard: Part 2

In Part 2 of his essay, Quentin Turnour investigates Frank Hurley's association with the promotion of Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition film.

BY
 Quentin Turnour
16 December 2011
Film
Photographs
Posters

Dec 2011

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AKA Home of the Blizzard: Part 1

Quentin Turnour challenges the myths surrounding the footage created to record and promote Douglas Mawson’s 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

BY
 Quentin Turnour
15 December 2011
Film
Photographs

Dec 2011

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Victorian College of the Arts

For nearly a decade, the NFSA has demonstrated its commitment to supporting Australia’s next generation of filmmaking talent by its ongoing sponsorship of the VCA School of Film and Television Graduate Screening Awards night.

BY
 Simon Smith
15 December 2011
Film

Dec 2011

John Grant waits alone on an outback railway station platform in a still from the 1971 film Wake in Fright
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Outback on screen: Part 2

Graham Shirley continues his exploration of the rich diversity of Australian cinematic representations and interpretations of the outback.

BY
 Graham Shirley
6 December 2011
Film

Dec 2011

A man and woman sow seeds on an outback farm in a still from the 1949 film Sons of Matthew
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Outback on screen: Part 1

Films set in the outback have been central to an imagining of Australia for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous filmmakers.

BY
 Graham Shirley
5 December 2011
Film

Dec 2011

Actress Sigrid Thornton at the 2011 Longford Lyell Lecture
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Longford Lyell Lecture, 2011

The 2011 Longford Lyell Lecture - 'An Australian Actor's Perspective on the Industry' - was presented by Sigrid Thornton on 28 November 2011.

1 December 2011
Film

Dec 2011

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Inaugural AACTA Awards, 2011

Nominees have been announced for the inaugural AACTA Awards.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
1 December 2011
Film
Television

Nov 2011

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Ken Russell's Voss

To celebrate the life of Ken Russell, Vincent Plush reveals a little-known connection between the late British director and Australia.

BY
 Vincent Plush
29 November 2011
Film

Nov 2011

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Short films at the NFSA

Film curator Itzell Tazzyman introduces her role as collector of short films for the NFSA and highlights some recent international successes.

BY
 Itzell Tazzyman
23 November 2011
Film

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