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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

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Dec 2022

Sydney Harbour with the bridge in the background
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McDonagh sisters' filming locations
McDonagh sisters' filming locations in 1920s Sydney

Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?

BY
 Graham Shirley
15 December 2022
Film

Dec 2021

Dark clouds looming over the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Rare 1921 Cricket Footage Discovered
Rare Cricket Footage: 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the MCG

The NFSA has identified rare footage of the 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

BY
 Jeff Wray
10 December 2021
Film

Nov 2021

Cartoon character Ginger Meggs riding his bicycle, looking back over his shoulder with his thumb up
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Happy 100th Ginger Meggs
100 Years of Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest-running comic strip character, has chalked up a century. The NFSA marks the milestone with newly digitised footage of Ginger and his creator James Charles Bancks.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
12 November 2021
Film
Television

Jul 2021

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Vale John Cornell
Vale John Cornell

A tribute to John Cornell, the talented writer and highly respected business visionary, who has passed away at age 80.

BY
 Gayle Lake
26 July 2021
Film
Television

May 2021

Sepia photograph of Dame Nellie Melba in a garden
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Dame Nellie Melba lost footage
Thoroughly Modern Melba: lost footage revealed

In celebration of the 160th anniversary of Dame Nellie Melba’s birth, we reveal previously unseen private footage of Australia’s ‘Queen of Song’.

BY
 Simon Smith
13 May 2021
Film

Oct 2020

Photo of Dawn Swane in Cinderella, circa 1950s
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Dawn Swane
Dawn Swane's home movies

Discover a unique collection of home movies by make-up artist and dancer Dawn Swane, including never-before-seen footage of The Beatles.

BY
 Tara Marynowsky
29 October 2020
Documents
Film
Photographs
Television

Oct 2020

Josef Bambach tried to console Isabel McDonagh in a scene from the 1929 silent movie The Cheaters
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NFSA Restores: The Cheaters

Restoring 'The Cheaters', a 1929 silent film by the pioneering McDonagh sisters.

BY
 Tara Marynowsky
12 October 2020
Film

Apr 2020

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Talking Pictures on Tour
Hoyts 1920s Talking Pictures Roadshow

In 1929, Hoyts – with help from Studebaker and the Shell Oil Company – loaded cinema sound equipment onto a truck so regional Australia could experience the latest in 'talking pictures'.

BY
 Nathan Smith
1 April 2020
Film

Mar 2020

A rose-pink tinted image of a woman looking off into the distance.
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The McDonagh Sisters
The McDonagh Sisters: Australian filmmaking pioneers

Graham Shirley's portrait of the pioneering Australian filmmakers, the McDonagh Sisters – Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis.

BY
 Graham Shirley
4 March 2020
Film
Photographs

Nov 2019

A set of three drawings of the cartoon character Felix the Cat in different poses.
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Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat: 1920s cartoons

We’ve reached into our magic bag of tricks to bring you some excerpts from the original Felix the Cat cartoons.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
5 November 2019
Film

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