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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
  • Television
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Subject

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

Date

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  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2011
  • 2010

Jul 2023

A man leaning over and looking into a movie camera
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Giorgio Mangiamele Restorations
Giorgio Mangiamele: landmark films restored by the NFSA

The NFSA has restored four landmark films by Italian-Australian filmmaker Giorgio Mangiamele – Il Contratto (1953), The Spag (1962), Ninety Nine Per Cent (1963) and Clay (1965).

BY
 Graham Shirley
14 July 2023
Film

Nov 2022

Close up a man's eyes peering out of a Ned Kelly helmet
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Ned Kelly on Film
Ned Kelly in Australian Cinema, 1906 to 2019

Dating back to our first feature film, we explore Australian cinema's enduring fascination with our most infamous bushranger.

BY
 Johnny Milner
24 November 2022
Film

Oct 2022

Jazz musician and singer Louis Armstrong standing in front of a microphone in a TV studio, smiling. Another musician is pictured beside him holding an instrument. Circa 1964.
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Louis Armstrong in Australia
Rare footage of Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) in Australia

The NFSA has released rare footage of the ATN-7 Louis Armstrong television special ‘Riggio Presents Satchmo’, unseen since 1965.

BY
 Johanna McMahon
19 October 2022
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Television

May 2022

Film critic and author David Stratton seated on a sofa looking directly at the camera.
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Deep Dive: David Stratton – My Favourite Movies
Deep Dive: David Stratton – My Favourite Movies

Listen to David Stratton in conversation at the NFSA with Alex Sloan about his new book, My Favourite Movies, in February 2022.

BY
 Travis Green
3 May 2022
Film
Sound

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

Jan 2022

Family shot of a middle-aged man and woman embracing a young man
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Deep Dive: Lion and Lioness
Deep Dive: Lion and Lioness – Q&A with Sue and Saroo Brierley

Listen to Alex Sloan in conversation at the NFSA with Sue and Saroo Brierley. They talk about how Saroo's life became the film Lion and also Sue's book Lioness, a prequel of sorts to her son's story.

BY
 Travis Green
14 January 2022
Film
Sound

Dec 2021

Detail from a hand-drawn Christmas card showing Mr Squiggle carrying a golden glittery moon
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Mr Squiggle's Christmas cards

This collection of hand-illustrated greeting cards from Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington to Pat Lovell is representative of a wonderful working friendship.

BY
 Jessica Bolton
14 December 2021
Documents
Television

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

Looking down on all five members of The Easybeats
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Easybeats on Top of the Pops
Easybeats Perform 'Friday on My Mind' on Top of the Pops

A clip of the Easybeats performing 'Friday on My Mind' on British television's Top of the Pops in 1966 has been rediscovered.

BY
 Simon Smith
23 November 2021
Film
Television

Oct 2021

Four men operating a film projector
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Amateur Cine Societies
World Home Movie Day 2021: Amateur Cine Societies

For World Home Movie Day 2021, curator Heather Gill highlights the work of Australia's amateur cine societies.

BY
 Heather Gill
14 October 2021
Film

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