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Article

Tune into Radio 100

30 November 2023
VIEW
Detail from a painting of the mascot terrier Nipper listening to a gramophone
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What does radio mean to you?

Industry insiders and radio fans answer the question, 'What does radio mean to you?'
5 December 2023
Curator Amy Butterfield seated near a window, smiling
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Interview with a Radio 100 curator

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100.
Amy Butterfield  / 
23 November 2023
A white man wearing headphones twiddles with knobs on a 1920s crystal radio
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New waves: The birth of radio in Australia

A look at the early days of radio, from crystal sets to first broadcasts and advertisements.
23 November 2023

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Dec 2019

A scene from Muriel's Wedding where the main character, Muriel (Toni Collette) is getting married. She's standing at the alter with her groom, his best man, her bridesmaid and a minister.
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Muriel's Wedding: Best Quotes
Muriel's Wedding: Best Quotes

We head back down the aisle for special celebration of Muriel's Wedding.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
9 December 2019
Film

Nov 2019

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Retro Games in Australia
Gaming and Australian Popular Culture

We've published a Retro Gaming curated collection online that captures some of the ways that games have intersected with Australian popular culture since the 1970s.

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
26 November 2019
Television

Sep 2019

A man and a woman wearing dark sunglasses, black clothes and carrying guns.
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Re-entering the Matrix
Looking back at The Matrix

The NFSA hosted a 20th anniversary screening of The Matrix in 2019 with special guest Executive Producer Andrew Mason.

BY
 Tara Marynowsky
& Nathan Smith
10 September 2019
Film
Television

Sep 2019

Scene from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A tour bus on a dirt road in the desert with blue sky in the background. On top of the bus is Guy Pearce in a shiny silver frock sitting on a giant stiletto shoe with a long train flowing behind the bus.
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Priscilla online collection
Celebrating Priscilla with an online collection

Celebrate Australia's most fabulous road trip movie with our exclusive online collection.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
6 September 2019
Film

Jul 2019

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NAIDOC Week: M Yunupingu
NAIDOC Week 2019 - Remembering Yothu Yindi singer M Yunupingu

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following article contains the names, images and voices of deceased persons.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
8 July 2019
Television

Jun 2019

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NFSA Annexe Opening
Commemorating the NFSA Building Opening and Annexe Extension

On 21 June 1999, Prime Minister John Howard opened a major extension to the NFSA building.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
17 June 2019
Television

Jun 2019

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NFSA Restores: Eternity
NFSA Restores: Eternity premiere at Sydney Film Festival

NFSA Restores: Eternity has premiered at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival. The acclaimed 1994 documentary has been digitally restored 25 years after its release.

BY
 Chris Arneil
7 June 2019
Film

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Radio 100
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Radio 100
Tune into Radio 100
Celebrating 100 years in 100 days.
The 5 male members of 1970s rock band Sherbet performing on stage: a lead guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer and keyboards player with lead singer Daryl Braithwaite
Iconic recordings
Sounds of Australia
Who made the list in 2023?
Detail from the poster for the film WINHANGANHA showing an archival photo of two First Nations men wearing collared shirts and bush hats. The edges of the black-and-white photo is curled up as if on fire, and the collage also features fire and the red, yellow and black colours of the Aboriginal flag
NFSA Commissions
WINHANGANHA
A new film by Jazz Money and the NFSA.
A family of four - two boys, a girl and their dad, kneeling with their arms around each other and smiling at the camera. You can see part of a lighthouse in the background.
Popular
Golden age of 1990s kids' TV
Round the Twist and more.
The Fairlight sampling synthesizer showing keyboard and user display monitor.
Australian invention
The Fairlight sampler
The first digital synthesiser and sampler.
Brisbane in early morning with the sun shining on city buildings and the Brisbane River
Nostalgia
Capital city time capsules
Australia through the decades.
Five players from the Australian Women's Soccer team running side by side, they are smiling and look to be celebrating scoring a goal.
In the news
Women's football
The rise of the Matildas.
Kylie Minogue on stage in a pink showgirl costume singing into a microphone.
Step Back in Time
Kylie Minogue: 50 fun facts
Test your Kylie knowledge.

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