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24 Jun 2022

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Leah Purcell as a pregrant bushwoman, standing outside in a rocky bush landscape in her film of The Drover's Wife

Leah Purcell interview

In a new Inspired video interview, Leah Purcell talks about the impact of seeing black worlds on screen.

A rugby union football on a pitch

The Wallabies Tour that Never Was

See rare home movies of the 1939 Wallabies bound for a UK tour that never happened.

By Heather Gill / 29 Jun 2022

The animated Buzz Lightyear wearing his spacesuit

July at Arc Cinema

Including school holiday program, special guests and more.

By Imogen Boyd / 27 Jun 2022

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A hand-coloured still of Annette Kellerman as a child. She is dressed in a pink ballet tutu with ballet slippers and is striking a pose with her arms and on leg out.

Annette Kellerman's amazing life

Overcoming childhood adversity, Australian silent movie star Annette Kellerman took on the world – swimming, acting, performing and writing herself into the history books.

By Beth Taylor / 27 Sep 2018

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Women in swimsuits lounging on a film set made to look like a beach.

A Portrait of Pearl

Jennifer Coombes explores the life of Pearl Schweig, an actress from the 1930s Cinesound casting books who features in the exhibition Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits.

By Jennifer Coombes / 10 Sep 2018

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