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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

  • Film
  • Radio
  • Television

Subject

  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • Australian television
  • 1950s
  • Australian radio
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • Apollo 11
  • Australian film
  • Australian music
  • children's television
  • Don Bradman
  • exhibitions
  • film costumes
  • Moon landing
  • Starstruck exhibition
  • Sydney
  • (-) NFSA Stories

Date

  • (-) 2019

Aug 2019

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NFSA Stories: Mornington Island
NFSA Stories: Mornington Island Mission Home Movies and BRACS Open Day

Caitlyn LeRoy, who works at the NFSA, discovers early footage of her family and place of birth in the collection.

BY
 Amanda Diaz
9 August 2019
Film

Jun 2019

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NFSA Stories: 1920s Papua New Guinea
NFSA Stories: Frank Hurley's Pearls and Savages

A visit to the NFSA gave one family history researcher the chance to learn more about the adventures of her great uncle in the early 1920s.

BY
 Amanda Diaz
3 June 2019
Film

Apr 2019

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NFSA Stories: Quiz Kids
NFSA Stories: Professor Alanna Nobbs Remembers Quiz Kids

An Ancient History professor explored her own past when she watched an episode of a quiz show she'd participated in as a child.

BY
 Amanda Diaz
1 April 2019
Radio
Television

Feb 2019

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NFSA Stories: The Way We Live
NFSA Stories: Jonquil Graham Remembers 'The Way We Live'

Three siblings starred in a film. Forty years later, they watched themselves on screen for the first time.

BY
 Amanda Diaz
4 February 2019
Film

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