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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
Detail from a painting of the mascot terrier Nipper listening to a gramophone
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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
A white man wearing headphones twiddles with knobs on a 1920s crystal radio
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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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  • 1970s
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Nov 2023

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Interview with a Curator
Interview with Radio 100 Curator Amy Butterfield

Amy Butterfield shares the challenges and surprising discoveries of curating for Radio 100, including how Australia was a radio ‘vanguard’, dating the oldest radio broadcast in the NFSA collection, and – despite the gap in time – the parallels between the rise of radio and the internet as a means of human connection.

22 November 2023
Radio

Nov 2023

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Nine Essential Moments in Early Radio
Nine Essential Moments in Early Radio

Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley outlines nine essential moments to know from the early years of Australian radio, 1923 to 1935.

22 November 2023
Radio
Sound

Feb 2023

Cricket players and an umpire on the Sydney Cricket Ground playing cricket in 1933.
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Rare Bodyline Footage
Rare Footage of the Bodyline Test Cricket Series

The NFSA is sharing rarely seen moving images from the landmark Test Cricket series of summer 1932–33, digitally preserved from our source 35mm nitrate film components.

BY
 Jeff Wray
9 February 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

Aug 2022

Statue of a man playing Aussie Rules football.
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Rare Recording of Haydn Bunton
Rare Haydn Bunton Recording Rediscovered

Hear the only known recording of AFL legend Haydn Bunton, 'the Bradman of football'.

BY
 Simon Smith
12 August 2022
Film
Object
Radio
Sound
Television

Jun 2022

Australian Rugby Union team photo
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Wallabies 1939 UK tour abandoned
Abandoned: The Wallabies UK Rugby Union Tour of 1939

This rare home movie footage from 1939 features the Australian rugby union team en route to the UK – and a tour that would never take place due to the outbreak of war.

BY
 Heather Gill
29 June 2022
Film

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

Jan 2022

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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

Sep 2021

Colourised image of a thylacine in a pen at Hobart Zoo
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Tasmanian Tiger in Colour
Tasmanian Tiger: Colourised Footage of the Last Thylacine

Samuel François-Steininger has colourised footage from the NFSA collection of the last Tasmanian Tiger in captivity.

BY
 Simon Drake
7 September 2021
Film

Aug 2021

Peter Finch sitting on the ground holding his hat talking to a child
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The Shiralee: rare colour footage
The Shiralee (1957): rare colour home movie footage

We share a recently discovered colour home movie of NSW location shooting for the classic Australian film 'The Shiralee' (1957), starring Peter Finch.

BY
 Jeff Wray
16 August 2021
Film

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