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Delight in this elegant sample of cinema and TV ads from the 1920s to 1960s for Australian underwear brand Berlei.
The collection also includes beautiful hand-coloured glass slides used to train...
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Discover many of the incredible moments in the life of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap.
The Red Terror, also called Bobby by his strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock, was a red chestnut...
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Amateur filmmaker Ewan Murray-Will captured unique and candid images of one of the world’s greatest dance companies.
These films are from the Chesterman Collection at the NFSA, which includes 25...
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Singer-songwriter Jack O'Hagan wrote over 600 songs, including 'Along the Road to Gundagai' and 'Our Don Bradman'.
O'Hagan also composed scores for silent films and stage shows, dance music and...
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The feats of the daredevil early aviators pushed the boundaries of flight and brought Australia closer to the world.
Aviation was seen as a novelty before the First World War opened the world's eyes...
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In 2018 the 21st Commonwealth Games took place on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It was the fifth Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia...
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This is a collection of posters of international films distributed in Australia between 1927 and 1932.
The distributor Cinema Art Films brought many notable foreign productions to Australia,...
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The NFSA celebrates Valentine's Day with recently restored footage of a unique wedding ceremony in the skies over Sydney in 1932.
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For thousands of Australian women and girls, cricket is not just a sport for the boys, but a way of life.
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We found the family of the young boy who climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in March 1932!
