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Jun 2018
Skiers skiing down a slope in the early 1960s

Snow skiing in Australia

With winter here, take a look at newsreels, home movies, news reports and short documentaries from the NFSA collection about skiing in Australia.

By Adam Blackshaw / 18 Jun 2018
Film
Wendy Hughes and Judy Davis seated on a couch talking in a still from My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

The empowering 1979 classic Australian film My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program.

By Jenny Gall / 8 Jun 2018
Film
Two figures argue in a scene from the futuristic 1924 Russian science-fiction silent film Aelita, Queen of Mars

Aelita: Queen of Mars

The NFSA has recently digitised to 4K the groundbreaking 1924 Russian science-fiction feature film 'Aelita: Queen of Mars'.

By Craig Dingwall / 7 Jun 2018
Film
Lee Simon and John Paul Young being interviewed at the St Kilda Film Festival

Right There On My TV

See highlights from our 1970s music television panel 'Right There On My TV', featuring Lee Simon and John Paul Young, at the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival.

By Simon Smith / 6 Jun 2018
Sound
Television
May 2018
Huge crowd on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Walk for Reconciliation. Some people are waving Australian and Aboriginal flags.

Newscaf: Reconciliation Walk

The historic Walk for Reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge took place on 28 May 2000. We look back at the day through footage from the NFSA News and Current Affairs Program.

By Mel Bondfield / 24 May 2018
Television
A man holds hands with Louise Lovely in a garden in a scene from the silent film Jewelled Nights.

Louise Lovely: 1916 fan mail

The NFSA recently acquired two signed photographs of silent film star Louise Lovely and a letter of hers responding to a fan in 1916.

By Jenny Gall / 22 May 2018
Film
Object
Photographs
Images of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer on a postcard in 1981.

Royal Wedding Celebrations

Join us as we revisit a few memorable collection moments to celebrate our connection with the Royal Family and their weddings.

By Mel Bondfield / 11 May 2018
Film
Television
Close up of the poster for The Adventures of Robin Hood showing an illustration of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland on a horse.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Marking the 80th anniversary of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Errol Flynn.

By Tenille Hands / 11 May 2018
Film
Posters
An illustration of Barry Humphries as both Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage. They stand back to back. Les holds a gun with silencer. Edna holds a koala. Her hair is pink. She wears pink sparkly glasses.

Dame Edna through the ages

She's made generations of Aussies simultaneously laugh and cringe. It's the one and only Dame Edna Everage!

By Beth Taylor / 7 May 2018
Posters
Television
Apr 2018
Two Australian soldiers from the First World War walk in uniform, accompanied by three women

Anzac films restored

The NFSA has supplied hundreds of ultra-high definition clips to the Sir John Monash Centre in France, including the restored The Digger Carries On (1919).

By Simon Drake / 23 Apr 2018
Film