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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

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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