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Article

Tune into Radio 100

30 November 2023
VIEW
Curator Amy Butterfield seated near a window, smiling
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Interview with a Radio 100 curator

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100.
Amy Butterfield  / 
23 November 2023
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Radio 100: Spirits in the Material World

When radio took off 100 years ago so did the belief that airwaves offered a chance to commune with spirits.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas  / 
23 November 2023
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New waves: The birth of radio in Australia

A look at the early days of radio, from crystal sets to first broadcasts and advertisements.
23 November 2023

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Nov 2023

Recording a radio program from a home recording studio in 1927. One man sits at a desk, another at a piano while a third stands behind a microphone.
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New Waves: The birth of radio in Australia
New Waves: The birth of radio in Australia in 1923

A look at the early days of radio, charting its rise from crystal sets through to first broadcasts and advertisements, the emergence of commercial stations and radio personalities, and how the public’s voracious appetite for daily music, sport, news and conversation hinted at what radio would become.

22 November 2023
Radio

Nov 2019

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Rural Bank Radio
Regional Radio Dramas by the Rural Bank of NSW from the 1930s and 40s

Guest contributor Jennifer Bowen shares extracts from several rare regional radio programs in the NFSA collection funded by the Rural Bank of NSW.

BY
 Jennifer Bowen
13 November 2019
Radio

Aug 2018

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SBS Vinyl Collection
SBS donates Radio 2EA and 3EA vinyl collection to NFSA

The NFSA is now the custodian of more than 20,000 vinyl long play records from the SBS 3EA Melbourne and SBS Sydney 2EA radio collections.

BY
 Thorsten Kaeding
20 August 2018
Radio
Sound

Feb 2018

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Top 40 radio
How the Top 40 transformed Australian radio

From 1958, the Top 40 pop chart helped bring the golden age of radio to a close and kickstarted a new era.

BY
 Chris Arneil
28 February 2018
Oral History
Radio

Aug 2017

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A 1950s autograph book

The stars of Australian radio serials and cinema touched the lives of many, but one Sydney teenager of the 1950s had the autograph book to prove it.

BY
 Jessica Bolton
9 August 2017
Object

Apr 2017

A poster showing a diverse group of people, with the text: Sydney Talks on Open Line. 1pm Mon to Fri on 2UE
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The birth of talkback radio
The birth of talkback radio

Did you know that until 17 April 1967, talkback radio was illegal in Australia?

BY
 Rod Butler
& Chris Arneil
12 April 2017
Radio

Apr 2017

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A 1950s woman in radio

Prompted by our Women in Radio curated collection, Neale Hoggan sent us some lovely images depicting his mother Enid's life in radio.

BY
 Frances Baldwin
10 April 2017
Photographs
Radio

Feb 2017

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Australia's Amateur Hour
Australia's Amateur Hour, a Pioneering Radio Talent Show

Australia's Amateur Hour was a pioneering radio talent show that became a pop-culture phenomenon.

BY
 Chris Arneil
13 February 2017
Radio
Sound

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

Sep 2016

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Peter Finch

On the centenary of Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch’s birth, we publish highlights from his early radio career in Australia.

BY
 Maryanne Doyle
& Adam Blackshaw
28 September 2016
Film
Radio

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Golden age of 1990s kids' TV
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Australian invention
The Fairlight sampler
The first digital synthesiser and sampler.
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Test your Kylie knowledge.

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