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Australia Daze

19 Jan 2021

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A surfer in Sydney Harbour with 18th century tall ships and sail boats on the water for the 1988 Bicentenary

Making Australia Daze

Director Pat Fiske shares how the landmark documentary came together.

By Pat Fiske / 21 Jan 2021

An eagle flies over the outline of a city over a coastal landscape in a scene from a Virtual Reality experience

2020 at the NFSA

What we collected in 2020 – including items about the bushfires and COVID-19.

By Mel Bondfield / 30 Dec 2020

A 3D rendering of an extinct thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger

Top Content 2020

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

By Mel Bondfield / 17 Dec 2020

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Sep 2016

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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