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Explore an under-appreciated dimension of Australian cinema.
What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in March?
See footage of previous Year of the Ox celebrations – from 1937, 1985 and 2009.
In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.
Before he was 'Whispering Jack', John Farnham was a teen idol named Johnny who was crowned 'King of Pop' five times.
Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the NFSA has unearthed a rare recording of the historic event on Australian commercial radio, as it happened in 1969.
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 to be the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Australian journalist Lillian Roxon was one of the first to take rock and punk music seriously.
Vale Jimmy Hannan, who passed away on 7 January 2019, at the age of 84. We celebrate his life and work, and acknowledge his kind donation to the NFSA.
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