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Apr 2017
Enid Hogan behind a microphone in a radio studio

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 Apr 2017
Photographs
Radio

Trains in The Hunter

We have more steam, and more trains, in a new mini-documentary about the NSW Hunter region's railway past.

By Miguel Gonzalez / 6 Apr 2017
Film
Two police officers in costume, riding their 'motorcycle chariots', Ben Hur style

Daredevil motorcycle chariot races!

Inspired by the 1925 silent version of Ben-Hur, two NSW police officers recreated the famous chariot race scene ... with motorcycles!

By Miguel Gonzalez / 6 Apr 2017
Film
Model posing against a wall, wearing Yumi Morrissey's NFSA building dress

NFSA: setting fashion trends

Fashion designer Yumi Morrissey took inspiration from the iconic NFSA building for her new 2017 Autumn/Winter collection Illuminate.

By Miguel Gonzalez / 5 Apr 2017
Photographs
Mar 2017
Beth Taylor standing in front of her exhibition of 1000 photos on the topic of 'home'

Staff Profile: Beth Taylor

Meet Beth Taylor, Online Content Producer at the NFSA, whose artistic endeavours include filmmaking, art installations, sculpture, writing and photography.

By Anna Yates / 29 Mar 2017
Film
Oral History
Photographs
Television

The boy on the Harbour Bridge

We found the family of the young boy who climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in March 1932!

By Miguel Gonzalez / 14 Mar 2017
Film
Fox Movietone Productions van with a man standing on top operating a camera. The van is on the deck of the newly-constructed Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Cinesound's Sydney Harbour Bridge scoop

The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened 85 years ago and Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

By Beth Taylor / 8 Mar 2017
Film
Photographs
Amy Johnson arrives in Brisbane in 1930.

Amy Johnson, Aviator

We pay tribute to aviation pioneer Amy Johnson this International Women's Day

By Mel Bondfield / 7 Mar 2017
Film
Sound

Prue Borthwick on making Gaywaves

Dashiell Hannoush talks to Prue Borthwick about the LGBTI radio program Gaywaves and how she turned her personal stories into social statements.

By Dashiell Hannoush / 3 Mar 2017
Radio
Sound
Feb 2017

Ken Muggleston

Australian set decorator Ken Muggleston recalls the moment he first learned he'd won an Academy Award.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 22 Feb 2017
Oral History