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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
  • Film

Subject

  • Deep Dive
  • 1970s
  • Dr John Milner
  • 2010s
  • Australian cinema
  • 1930s
  • 1960s
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
  • Australians & Hollywood
  • popular music
  • Sydney
  • 1940s
  • 2020s
  • Australian directors
  • home movies
  • Mad Max
  • NFSA
  • (-) Australian history

Date

  • (-) 2020

Aug 2020

The hardback, handwritten journal of Lieutenant James Cook from 1770, lying open on a table
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Australian History Timeline 1
Australian History Timeline: Pre-1770s to 1890s

The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 1 covers pre-1770s to the 1890s.

19 August 2020
Film
Television

Aug 2020

Tim Jarvis and John Stoukala pulling a sledge across the snow in Antarctica for a documentary retracing Mawson's expedition
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Australian History Timeline 2
Australian History Timeline: 1900s to 1940s

The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 2 covers the 1900s to the 1940s.

19 August 2020
Film
Television

Aug 2020

Chris Taylor with Gurindji elder Jimmy Wavehill along the Wave Hill Walk-Off route in the Northern Territory
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Australian History Timeline 3
Australian History Timeline: 1950s to 2000s

The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 3 covers the 1950s to the 2000s.

19 August 2020
Film
Television

Mar 2020

Chris Taylor with Gurindji elder Jimmy Wavehill along the Wave Hill Walk-Off route in the Northern Territory
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/article/hero_image03-2020/heritage_494.jpg
National Treasures
National Treasures from Australian History

Discover the stories behind some of Australia's beloved – and also lesser-known – national treasures.

BY
 Stephen Groenewegen
18 March 2020
Television

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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

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