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A mix of white and First Nations people dressed in 1950s clothes dancing together.
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Article

NFSA Restores: The Coolbaroo Club

18 August 2023
VIEW
Artist Richard Bell seated in his studio in front of one of his works: a coloured Indigenous map of Australia with the words PAYE THE RENT across it
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Deep Dive: You Can Go Now

Watch a filmed conversation with First Nations artist Richard Bell at the NFSA.
24 August 2023
A fire ant seen at close quarters on a branch
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Science and Innovation

Science Week stories about spray-on skin, conservation, biosecurity, drones and more.
14 August 2023
Three white children, two boys and a girl, laughing and smiling together on a boat at sea. The youngest boy and girl are wearing colourful jumpers while the older boy wears a denim jacket.
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1990s TV shows for tweens

Remember the boom in Australian science-fiction and fantasy TV for kids in the 1990s?
Wendy Hanna  / 
9 August 2023

Category

  • Film
  • Photographs
  • Television
  • Oral History
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  • Object

Subject

  • Australian film
  • 1970s
  • preservation
  • 1960s
  • 1980s
  • Australian television
  • 1930s
  • obituaries
  • 1950s
  • television
  • Australian music
  • Canberra
  • First Nations Australians
  • events
  • Arc cinema
  • Australian cinema
  • Australians & Hollywood
  • 1920s
  • (-) archives
  • (-) film

Date

  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2018
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010

Nov 2021

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RE/Vision Commission: Jazz Money
RE/Vision Commission: WINHANGANHA by Jazz Money

Award-winning digital artist Jazz Money is the recipient of the RE/Vision Commission, receiving $25,000 to create an audiovisual piece interpreting the NFSA collection to offer an authentic and contemporary vision of Australia.

BY
 Nicola Gage
10 November 2021

Oct 2021

Collage of images of people and film stills
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Media Literacy Week 2021
Media Literacy Week

To mark Media Literacy Week 2021, guest writer Dr TJ Thomson examines the role of the NFSA in improving our understanding of the impact of media in our lives and in Australia's history.

BY
 TJ Thomson
25 October 2021

Oct 2021

Rows of shelving stacked with film canisters in the NFSA vaults
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Growing the NFSA collection
Growing the NFSA collection – What and How Much We Collect

Curator Thorsten Kaeding looks at how and why the NFSA selects – and sometimes excludes – materials from the national collection.

BY
 Thorsten Kaeding
11 October 2021

Jun 2021

A collage showing Canberra cultural institutions and some of the artworks and artefacts they contain
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The Cultural Icons
The Cultural Icons: Made of Australia

Canberra is home to 12 of Australia’s most iconic cultural institutions. And for the first time in history, these icons are collaborating to give 12 unique perspectives of Australia’s story.

25 June 2021
Film
Photographs

Jul 2020

Colourful graphic of three arrrows
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Sharing the NFSA collection
How can I access the NFSA collection?

Discover the many ways you can access our collection. You’ll be surprised of how much is available – onsite, online and elsewhere!

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
23 July 2020
Film

Mar 2020

Colourful graphic of three arrrows
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The NFSA is Always Open Online
The NFSA is Always Open Online

The NFSA is always open online, with our collection available to be explored 24/7.

BY
 Noel Wheatley
23 March 2020
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Posters
Radio
Sound
Television

Aug 2018

Actor Heath Ledger striking a dramatic pose with his arms out, one leg up in the air and his mouth open wide and eyes shut. He is in a yellow kitchen.
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Heath Ledger exhibition, 2018
Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures free exhibition

Audiences discovered the man behind the camera in the NFSA’s exhibition Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures.

BY
 Miguel Gonzalez
7 August 2018
Film

Dec 2016

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2016 at the NFSA

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
23 December 2016
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

Jun 2016

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Vale Paul Cox
Vale Paul Cox

Paul Cox, Australia's most prolific film auteur, has passed away.

BY
 Gayle Lake
21 June 2016
Film

Jun 2016

Abigail in a scene from Number 96
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Number 96
Number 96: smashing taboos in the 1970s

Three Number 96 experts - series creator David Sale, TV historian Andrew Mercado and author Nigel Giles - discuss the taboo smashing 1970s soap opera.

BY
 Jemma Pietrus
6 June 2016
Television

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