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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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Dec 2016

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2016 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
23 December 2016
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

Dec 2016

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Prisoner
He used to give me roses...

We take you back to Wentworth Detention Centre to celebrate 30 years since the final episode of the iconic Aussie soap.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
12 December 2016
Television

Nov 2016

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TV discoveries
TV discoveries: Johnny O'Keefe, the Bee Gees and more

Enjoy rare television clips of The Bee Gees, Johnny O'Keefe and Frank Thring.

BY
 Helen Tully
15 November 2016
Television

Sep 2016

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Dennis Cometti
Dennis Cometti

An insight into Dennis Cometti's 40-year career in sports broadcasting.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
27 September 2016
Oral History

Sep 2016

1950s image of a woman turning on a television set in her living room.
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Welcome to TV
Welcome to television, 1956

In September 1956, one sentence – ‘Good evening and welcome to television' – marked the commencement of regular television transmission in Australia.

BY
 Helen Tully
16 September 2016
Documents
Oral History
Television

Sep 2016

Close up of Sid Oldroyd's homemade TV showing screen and dials inside a wooden cabinet, built in 1956.
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A homemade TV
Story of a homemade TV

Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?

BY
 Jenny Gall
12 September 2016
Object
Television

Aug 2016

The Fairlight sampling synthesizer showing keyboard and user display monitor.
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Fairlight
The Fairlight Sampling Synthesizer

In 1979 two young Australians invented the first Fairlight sampling synthesizer and changed electronic music forever. We have one in working condition!

BY
 Beth Taylor
29 August 2016
Object

Jul 2016

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TV history

Fifty years ago, on 21 June 1966, Australia was shocked when Labor and Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell was shot at close range by 19-year-old Peter Kocan.

BY
 Bronwyn Barnett
22 July 2016
Television

Jun 2016

Abigail in a scene from Number 96
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Number 96
Number 96: smashing taboos in the 1970s

Three Number 96 experts - series creator David Sale, TV historian Andrew Mercado and author Nigel Giles - discuss the taboo smashing 1970s soap opera.

BY
 Jemma Pietrus
6 June 2016
Television

Jun 2016

Brian Nankervis
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Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis

In his Oral History interview, the multi-talented Brian Nankervis talks about his time in radio and on the SBS program, RocKwiz.

BY
 Bronwyn Murphy
2 June 2016
Oral History
Radio
Sound
Television

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