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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
  • Sound
  • Television

Subject

  • Canberra
  • preservation
  • Australian film
  • women in radio
  • news coverage
  • radio serials
  • television
  • 1950s
  • Australian music
  • 1940s
  • Art of Sound
  • radio
  • 1920s
  • film
  • music
  • archives
  • Far North Queensland
  • Fractured Heart
  • Franklyn Barrett
  • (-) obituaries

Date

  • (-) 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

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

Aug 2013

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Vale Judy Adamson

Graham Shirley and Meg Labrum celebrate the life and work of Judy Adamson.

BY
 Graham Shirley
& Meg Labrum
7 August 2013
Film

Jun 2013

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Vale Dennis O’Rourke

It was with real sadness that we learnt of Dennis O’Rourke’s death on 15 June at the age of 68. Senior Curator Meg Labrum writes.

BY
 Meg Labrum
17 June 2013
Film

Apr 2013

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Vale Chrissy Amphlett

The NFSA remembers the significant contribution made by Chrissy Amphlett to Australian music and popular culture.

BY
 Graham McDonald
& Thorsten Kaeding
23 April 2013
Sound

Mar 2013

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Vale Sue Chauvel Carlsson

Graham Shirley and Meg Labrum mark the passing of Susanne Chauvel Carlsson this week in Toowoomba, Queensland, after a short illness.

BY
 Graham Shirley
& Meg Labrum
21 March 2013
Film

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