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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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Subject

  • Australian film
  • 1970s
  • preservation
  • 1960s
  • Australian television
  • 1930s
  • obituaries
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  • Canberra
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Feb 2022

A woman kneeling down to adjust a television, c1950s.
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Women's and Children's Programs
The Women Who Made Australian Television 4 – 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 February 2022
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Feb 2022

Jimmy Wang Yu skydiving in The Man from Hong Kong
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Ozploitation!
Ozploitation films from the 1970s and 1980s

Johnny Milner takes a look at the low-budget Australian genre filmmaking of the 1970s and 1980s.

BY
 Johnny Milner
21 February 2022
Film

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.
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Calling the shots
The Women Who Made Australian Television 3 – 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 November 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Nov 2021

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.
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Hypothetical
Geoffrey Robertson's Hypothetical on the Sunday program

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 November 2021
Television

Nov 2021

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The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors: Remembering the Popular Medical Drama

The Young Doctors made its debut on TCN 9 (Nine Network) on 8 November 1976, breaking new ground in medical drama.

BY
 Helen Tully
5 November 2021
Oral History
Photographs
Television

Sep 2021

A row of bodybuilders
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The Comeback: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Comeback: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Forty years ago, Kit Laughlin released his film ‘The Comeback’, documenting Arnold Schwarzenegger’s controversial 7th Mr Olympia title. The contest took place at the Sydney Opera House on 4 October 1980.

BY
 Adam Blackshaw
27 September 2021
Film

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

Jul 2021

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Vale Jonathan Coleman
Vale Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman

With a career spanning five decades, Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman (1956–2021) was a beloved figure in the Australian media industry and a great supporter of the NFSA.

BY
 Mel Bondfield
16 July 2021
Radio
Television

Jun 2021

Young Talent Team members Vince Deltito, Rikki Arnot and Dannii Minogue sit together. Rikki, sitting in-between the two older teens, is holding a bunch of flowers.
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I am Rikki
Young Talent Time fan Clare Atkins: I Am Rikki

In celebration of our Young Talent Time 50th anniversary curated collection, author, television scriptwriter and YTT fan Clare Atkins shares her childhood love of the show in this short story.

BY
 Clare Atkins
16 June 2021
Television

Jan 2021

Two surfers in the ocean catching waves, in the background are tall ships and sailing boats.
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Pat Fiske on Australia Daze
Director Pat Fiske on Australia Daze (1988)

Director Pat Fiske shares her story about the making of the landmark documentary Australia Daze.

BY
 Pat Fiske
21 January 2021
Film

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