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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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  • Film
  • Radio
  • Sound

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

Date

  • (-) 2020

Oct 2020

A passenger aircraft Boeing 747-400 in Qantas colour scheme taking off from Kingsford Smith airport
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Travel Home Movies
Home Movies: Top 10 International Travel Destinations

We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and Home Movie Day with footage of Australia's top overseas travel destinations.

BY
 Heather Gill
21 October 2020
Film

Sep 2020

Dame Joan Sutherland on stage holding flowers with the cast applauding her.
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Before They Were Famous: Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland wins 1950 Mobil Quest Singing Competition

It was 70 years ago – on 10 September 1950 – that the 23-year-old Joan Sutherland won a major singing competition that helped set her on the road to international stardom.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
8 September 2020
Radio
Sound

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