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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

  • Television
  • Sound
  • Film

Subject

  • 1970s
  • 1930s
  • 1980s
  • Australian cinema
  • Australian television
  • 2000s
  • Hollywood
  • silent films
  • Sydney
  • 1920s
  • Australian music
  • current affairs
  • Heath Ledger
  • home movies
  • music television
  • news
  • NFSA Restores
  • NFSA Stories
  • advertisements
  • (-) 1960s

Date

  • (-) 2018

Nov 2018

Olivia Newton-John at age 16 in a TV studio standing behind a microphone singing.
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World TV Day: Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John and Boomeride

For World Television Day, we're highlighting some recently discovered lost TV performances of Olivia Newton-John from 1965.

BY
 Simon Smith
20 November 2018
Sound
Television

Aug 2018

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Ron Grainer and Doctor Who
Ron Grainer: Australian Doctor Who theme composer

Listen to a 1966 interview with Australian composer Ron Grainer, who wrote the memorable theme music for Doctor Who.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
31 August 2018
Sound

Mar 2018

Back view of a female athlete standing on the running track.
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Australia's Commonwealth Games
Australia's Commonwealth Games

We look back at highlights from Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
26 March 2018
Film
Television

Feb 2018

A panic-stricken Louie the Fly from the 1962 animated Mortein pest spray TV advertisement
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Louie the Fly

A look at the creation of the iconic 'Louie the Fly' jingle, named by the NFSA in 2017 as one of the Sounds of Australia.

BY
 Amanda Diaz
21 February 2018
Sound
Television

Jan 2018

Johnny O'Keefe smoking a cigarette and holding a broom in the TV studio
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Johnny O'Keefe and the Liverpool Sound

We're sharing a rare clip of Johnny O'Keefe, Dusty Springfield, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, and Brian Poole and The Tremeloes performing together on Australian TV.

BY
 Simon Smith
15 January 2018
Television

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