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2020 at the NFSA

16 Dec 2020

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Top Content 2020

What was the most popular content on our website this year?

By Mel Bondfield / 17 Dec 2020

Kathy von Nagy behind the wheel of a car in the snow with a Christmas tree behind her. She is smiling at the camera.

Silent Night

We take a closer look at an enduring Christmas favourite.

By Johnny Milner / 21 Dec 2020

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Blue-Tongue Films Q&A

Listen to a Q&A with Nash Edgerton and David Michôd.

By Johnny Milner / 9 Dec 2020

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Sep 2016

1950s image of a woman turning on a television set in her living room.

Welcome to TV

60 years ago, one sentence ‘Good evening and welcome to television’, marked the commencement of regular television transmission in Australia.

By Helen Tully / 16 Sep 2016

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Oral History

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Close up of Sid Oldroyd's homemade TV showing screen and dials inside a wooden cabinet, built in 1956.

A homemade TV

Television is celebrating 60 years in Australia this week. Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?

By Jenny Gall / 12 Sep 2016

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