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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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  • Oral History
  • Sound

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  • 1970s
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  • Australian cinema
  • Australian television
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  • news
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Aug 2018

Close-up of 1950s turntable for vinyl records
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SBS Vinyl Collection
SBS donates Radio 2EA and 3EA vinyl collection to NFSA

The NFSA is now the custodian of more than 20,000 vinyl long play records from the SBS 3EA Melbourne and SBS Sydney 2EA radio collections.

BY
 Thorsten Kaeding
20 August 2018
Radio
Sound

Feb 2018

A pink and grey Astor 7 transistor radio from the 1950s or 1960s
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Top 40 radio
How the Top 40 transformed Australian radio

From 1958, the Top 40 pop chart helped bring the golden age of radio to a close and kickstarted a new era.

BY
 Chris Arneil
28 February 2018
Oral History
Radio

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