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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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  • Australian film
  • staff profiles
  • film
  • 1970s
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May 2016

Portrait of Con Colleano in hat and coat looking away from camera
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Con Colleano
Con Colleano

Go behind-the-scenes at the circus with rare home movie footage of Australia's Con Colleano, the world-famous 'Wizard of the Wire'.

BY
 Tara Marynowsky
9 May 2016
Film
Photographs
Posters

May 2016

Film still of Helen Morse as Caddie looking at drawings of women's dress designs in a studio.
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Caddie
Caddie's Feminist Legacy

The second part of our celebration of Caddie (1976) focuses on the feminist legacy of the film.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
5 May 2016
Documents
Film
Oral History
Photographs

May 2016

Helen Morse and Jacki Weaver in a scene from the film Caddie.
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Caddie
Caddie starring Helen Morse

We look back at Caddie, a breakthrough feature of the Australian film revival of the 1970s.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
2 May 2016
Film
Oral History
Photographs
Posters

Feb 2016

Anna May Wong in a film still from Drifting, 1923
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Drifting
'Drifting' at George Eastman Museum

Film Preservation Officer Paul Heslin went to George Eastman Museum in New York, and was fascinated by the restoration of Tod Browning's Drifting.

BY
 Paul Heslin
26 February 2016
Film

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