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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

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Subject

  • 1970s
  • guest contributor
  • Australian television
  • NFSA building
  • Arc cinema
  • events
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  • 1980s
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Date

  • (-) 2021

Nov 2021

Four people are in a studio setting. Three of them sit behind a desk and the fourth stands. They are all looking at her. There is a film camera pointed at them that says ABC TV on the side.
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Calling the shots
The Women Who Made Australian Television 3 – Calling the Shots

In the third of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker celebrates some of the female producers and directors working in Australian television in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
29 November 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Oct 2021

A crowd of people (some seated and some standing). They are watching a television set through a shop window.
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The Beginnings of Television
The Women Who Made Australian Television 1 – The Beginnings of Television

In the first of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker looks at the vital – and often unrecognised – role that women played in bringing the first Australian TV programs to air.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
11 October 2021
Documents
Film
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Oct 2021

A woman operating a film winder at a film winding bench at Channel 7, Sydney. Circa 1950s.
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Women Technicians
The Women Who Made Australian Television 2 - Behind the Scenes: Women Technicians

In the second of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker shares stories of some of the women who excelled in technical production areas during the early years of Australian television.

BY
 Jeannine Baker
11 October 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Mar 2021

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Vale Doug Parkinson
Vale Doug Parkinson

We mark the passing of Doug Parkinson, one of Australia's great vocalists.

BY
 Thorsten Kaeding
18 March 2021
Oral History
Sound

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