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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

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  • Photographs
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  • Television

Subject

  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
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  • Strictly Ballroom
  • 1970s
  • Graham Kennedy
  • popular music
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  • Australian cinema
  • Australian film
  • Australian television
  • fashion
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  • staff profiles
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  • (-) 1980s

Date

  • (-) 2017

Oct 2017

Helen Garner sitting in the ground, look at the camera and holding an open book
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Monkey Gripping Radio

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Helen Garner’s first novel, Monkey Grip.

BY
 Maryanne Doyle
5 October 2017
Radio

Sep 2017

A packed stadium of people witnessing the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Matilda the huge mascot of the games is on the field along with lots of school children.
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Reliving the 1980s

Our 100th curated collection is all about the 1980s, and it stars Charles and Diana, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Edna Everage, David Attenborough, Linda Burney, Ken Done, Michael Hutchence and many, many more.

BY
 Beth Taylor
4 September 2017
Film
Photographs
Television

Jun 2017

Filmmakers Margot Nash, Megan Mcmurchy, Jeni Thornley and Margot Oliver standing in front of a wall smiling for the camera.
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Feminist Filmmakers

Feminist films from the 1970s, 80s and 90s still resonate today.

BY
 Heather Gill
5 June 2017
Film

Mar 2017

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Prue Borthwick on making Gaywaves

Dashiell Hannoush talks to Prue Borthwick about the LGBTQIA+ radio program Gaywaves and how she turned her personal stories into social statements.

BY
 Dashiell Hannoush
3 March 2017
Radio
Sound

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