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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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Aug 2023

A mix of white and First Nations people dressed in 1950s clothes dancing together.
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NFSA Restores: The Coolbaroo Club
NFSA Restores: The Coolbaroo Club

Stephen Kinnane tells the story behind the human rights award-winning documentary about the Coolbaroo League.

BY
 Stephen Kinnane
18 August 2023
Film

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

Apr 2023

A woman sitting at a desk wearing headphones. She is looking at a number of computer monitors and working on a keyboard.
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New Funding for the NFSA
New Funding for the NFSA

The NFSA is delighted by the announcement of new funding for the National Collecting Institutions announced by Minister for the Arts Tony Burke.

5 April 2023

Mar 2023

A young man holds another young man around the waist from behind. They are standing outside with a view of an electrical tower
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April at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at NFSA for April 2023

A wide range of films and a special school holiday program await you this month at the NFSA.

BY
 Katie Maling
16 March 2023
Film

Jun 2022

Leah Purcell as a pregrant bushwoman, standing outside in a rocky bush landscape in her film of The Drover's Wife
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July at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at NFSA for July 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in July?

BY
 Imogen Boyd
16 June 2022
Film

May 2022

A river passing through a spectacular Grand Canyon landscape during the dark blue of night
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June at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at NFSA for June 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in June?

BY
 Imogen Boyd
26 May 2022
Film

Apr 2022

Lake with dead trees
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May at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at the NFSA – May 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in May?

BY
 Matt Kemp
21 April 2022
Film
Sound

Mar 2022

Indigenous dancers performing in front of a war cenotaph
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April at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at the NFSA – April 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in April?

BY
 Matt Kemp
18 March 2022
Film

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

Benedict Cumberbatch dressed in weathered rancher's hat and overalls stands upright on his Montana farm, staring at the camera
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March at Arc Cinema
Arc Cinema Program at the NFSA – March 2022

What's on at the NFSA's Arc cinema in Canberra in March?

BY
 Matt Kemp
23 February 2022
Film

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