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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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  • (-) 2013

Dec 2013

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Vale Andrew Plain

Andrew Plain - sound designer, sound editor and supervising sound editor - died on 13 December. Jennifer Balcomb and the NFSA's Imelda Cooney pay tribute.

17 December 2013
Sound

Dec 2013

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Preserving the born-digital

Sound archivist Tess Elieff shares some of her favourite Bandcamp discoveries and explains why this platform is a digital archivist's best friend.

BY
 Tessa Elieff
9 December 2013
Sound

Dec 2013

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Francesca de Valence

The NFSA presented a National Songwriting Award to Francesca de Valence for her song ‘Beautiful Night’.

BY
 Imelda Cooney
9 December 2013
Sound

Dec 2013

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Horror Highway, 1974

Christmas drivers taking the coast road out of Canberra in 1974 had to face the rapidly deteriorating 'horror highway'.

BY
 Bronwyn Barnett
4 December 2013
Television

Dec 2013

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Natasha Pincus

Filmmaker and writer Natasha Pincus discusses her rise to world prominence with her concept, direction, production, and editing of the ARIA award-winning video for Gotye’s, 'Somebody That I Used To Know'.

BY
 Ken Berryman
3 December 2013

Nov 2013

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One year of Fractured Heart

It’s been a year now that the NFSA has been home to the Gotye / Illuminart interactive sculpture 'Fractured Heart'.

BY
 Scarlet Barnett
29 November 2013
Object
Sound

Nov 2013

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Warwick Thornton on The Darkside
Warwick Thornton on The Darkside

We talk with Warwick Thornton about his film The Darkside, which includes a sequence exploring the history of the NFSA building as the former Australian Institute of Anatomy where Indigenous remains were once kept and studied.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
28 November 2013
Film

Nov 2013

Fred Astaire and Binny Lum in 1959
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Binny Lum and the stars

Binny Lum was known for her friendly, conversational style, and her programs were popular for their interviews with diverse Australian and international personalities.

BY
 Chris Arneil
25 November 2013
Radio

Nov 2013

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Vale Robin Clifton

Film Location Scout and Location Manager Robin Clifton passed away on 1 November 2013, following a battle with cancer.

BY
 Pamela Willis Burden
22 November 2013
Film
Television

Nov 2013

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Hal McElroy

For World Television Day, Frances Baldwin talks to Hal McElroy and looks at TV highlights from his 40-year producing career.

BY
 Frances Baldwin
20 November 2013
Television

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