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Jun 2022
Black and which image of a woman pictured from the waist up wearing a black jacket and white collared shirt staring directly at camera

Australians in Hollywood: Oral Histories

We dive deep into the NFSA Oral History collection to present stories about leading stars and filmmakers featured in our Australians & Hollywood exhibition.

By Sean O'Brien / 27 Jun 2022
Oral History
May 2022
A young man and woman pictured from waist up on a dance floor wearing ballroom costumes look anxiously at something off camera

NFSA Restores: Strictly Ballroom

The new NFSA digital restoration of Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom has been selected to screen at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.

Film
Apr 2022

Regional TV in Australia

People living in regional areas on the east coast of Australia began receiving television for the first time in late 1961 and throughout 1962.

By Bronwyn Barnett / 27 Apr 2022
Television
Mar 2022

Vale Shane Warne

Commemorating the passing of Shane Warne, Australian cricketing legend, with some highlights from his career.

By Jeff Wray / 30 Mar 2022
Television
Fox Movietone Productions van with a man standing on top operating a camera. The van is on the deck of the newly-constructed Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Harbour Bridge Opening

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932, Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

By Beth Taylor / 17 Mar 2022
Film
Photographs
Feb 2022
A woman kneeling down to adjust a television, c1950s.

Women's and Children's Programs

In the fourth of a 5-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker reveals some of the women who shaped and redefined television content for women and children.

By Jeannine Baker / 28 Feb 2022
Oral History
Photographs
Television
Jan 2022

Deep Dive: The Witch of Kings Cross

Listen to a Q&A with director Sonia Bible at Arc cinema in 2021, after a screening of her documentary The Witch of Kings Cross.

By Karina Libbey / 13 Jan 2022
Film
Sound
Nov 2021
Four people are in a studio setting. Three of them sit behind a desk and the fourth stands. They are all looking at her. There is a film camera pointed at them that says ABC TV on the side.

Calling the shots

In the third of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker celebrates some of the female producers and directors working in Australian television in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

By Jeannine Baker / 29 Nov 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television
Journalist Jim Waley is wearing a suit and tie in this black and white photo. He is sitting in a studio with a backdrop showing a map of the world.

Sunday

For World Television Day 2021, the NFSA takes a close look at the news, current affairs and arts program Sunday on its 40th birthday.

By Richard Vorobieff / 13 Nov 2021
Photographs
Television
A pile of question marks all layered on top of each other on the right hand side of the image. The rest of the surface the question marks are on is blank.

Hypothetical

In the second of a 2-part series, senior video preservation specialist Richard Vorobieff pays homage to the Sunday program's innovative Hypothetical segment on the show's 40th anniversary.

By Richard Vorobieff / 13 Nov 2021
Television