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Article

Tune into Radio 100

30 November 2023
VIEW
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
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Radio 100: Spirits in the Material World

When radio took off 100 years ago so did the belief that airwaves offered a chance to commune with spirits.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas  / 
23 November 2023
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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 2021

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1970s Music Festivals
Protest and Play at 1970s Music Festivals

Music festivals in the 1970s offered unprecedented opportunities for enterprising promoters and homegrown musicians, and were spaces where participants enacted ideals of counterculture and community building.

30 December 2021
Film
Sound

Dec 2021

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Top Content for 2021
NFSA's Top Content for 2021

What got our audiences clicking in 2021? Here's a rundown of our most popular new content of the year.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
17 December 2021
Film
Radio
Sound
Television

Dec 2021

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January at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at the NFSA – January 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in January?

BY
 Matt Kemp
16 December 2021
Film

Dec 2021

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Silent Night
Silent Night Performances by Archie Roach and Paul Robeson

Johnny Milner takes a look at one of the most enduring of Christmas carols, 'Silent Night', with performances by Paul Robeson and Archie Roach.

BY
 Johnny Milner
16 December 2021
Film
Sound

Dec 2021

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Mr Squiggle's Christmas cards

This collection of hand-illustrated greeting cards from Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington to Pat Lovell is representative of a wonderful working friendship.

BY
 Jessica Bolton
14 December 2021
Documents
Television

Dec 2021

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NFSA Presents: Inspired
NFSA Presents: Inspired – Angourie Rice

In the latest NFSA Presents: Inspired interview, Jenny Cooney interviews Angourie Rice, known for her roles in Jasper Jones (2017), Mare of Easttown (2021) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

13 December 2021
Film

Dec 2021

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Rare 1921 Cricket Footage Discovered
Rare Cricket Footage: 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the MCG

The NFSA has identified rare footage of the 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

BY
 Jeff Wray
10 December 2021
Film

Nov 2021

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David Gulpilil: A Portrait
David Gulpilil: A Portrait

A look at David Gulpilil's 50-year career and his profound impact on Australian cinema.

BY
 Liz McNiven
30 November 2021
Film
Photographs

Nov 2021

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NFSA Presents: Inspired
NFSA Presents: Inspired – Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness

NFSA Presents: Inspired is a collection of conversations that dive into the creativity, the inspiration and the success of Australian cinematic talent.

29 November 2021
Film

Nov 2021

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Chrissy
Chrissy: The First Documentary to Centre on a HIV+ Lesbian

In 1999, SBS aired filmmaker Jacqui North's documentary 'Chrissy', about her best friend – a young lesbian living with HIV.

BY
 Jacqui North
29 November 2021
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.
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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.
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Step Back in Time
Kylie Minogue: 50 fun facts
Test your Kylie knowledge.

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