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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
  • Object
  • Oral History
  • Television

Subject

  • preservation
  • cooee cabaret
  • cinema
  • conferences
  • advertising
  • Australian music
  • Devonport
  • film
  • film restoration
  • First Nations Australians
  • glass slides
  • NFSA Connects
  • Queanbeyan
  • regional Australia
  • Silent film
  • song slides
  • Sounds of Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia
  • (-) Australian film

Date

  • (-) 2012

Oct 2012

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Collecting The Eye of the Storm

Film curators Jennifer Coombes and Tenille Hands recently accepted a collection of props and costumes from Fred Schepisi's 'The Eye of the Storm' (2011). How did they make their selection?

BY
 Tenille Hands
& Jennifer Coombes
29 October 2012
Film
Object

Oct 2012

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Broken Hill time capsule

See how Broken Hill has changed in these films and recorded sound items from the NFSA's collection.

BY
 Beth Taylor
15 October 2012
Film

Aug 2012

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Richard Moir presents Esben Storm

Actor Richard Moir, introduces the late Esben Storm’s films 'In Search of Anna' and 'The Bridge at Midnight Trembles'.

BY
 Quentin Turnour
31 August 2012
Film

Aug 2012

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Great adaptations

This exhibition of film posters highlights some of the many screen adaptations of Australian novels and plays held in the NFSA’s extensive collection relating to film, television and radio adaptations.

BY
 Morgyn Phillips
15 August 2012
Film

Aug 2012

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Australian film adaptations
Must-see Australian film adaptations

What are the must-see Australian adaptation films? We asked NFSA staff to nominate their favourites.

BY
 Morgyn Phillips
13 August 2012
Film

Jun 2012

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NFSA Connects with Red Dog

Director Kriv Stenders and editor Jill Bilcock discuss the making of 'Red Dog' with Queensland high school students for NFSA Connects in 2012.

BY
 Imelda Cooney
15 June 2012
Film

May 2012

A tram goes past on a busy street in 1907. A horse and carriage is also going past. Men all wear hats. Shop hoardings promote businesses.
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West Australian time capsule
West Australian time capsule

It's Western Australia's time to shine as we look at a selection of films made about the sunny state from 1907-1972.

BY
 Beth Taylor
15 May 2012
Film

Feb 2012

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The Art of Screenwriting

Some of our most notable screenwriters talk about their craft.

BY
 Ken Berryman
14 February 2012
Film
Oral History
Television

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