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This poster for the feature film Orphan of the Wilderness shows how an Australian film in 1936 was marketed to a French audience – by making the wildlife the prime attraction.

This flyer from 1934 spruiks the return of Ned Kelly films with the words 'The Kelly Gang Lives Again.

This Roy Rene doll, showing him as the character ‘Mo McCackie’, was owned by Evelyn Chamberlain, who received it as a child.

Originally introduced in the mid-to-late 1930s, the Keystone is a sturdy, spring-motor-driven camera that takes double-perforated 16mm film.

This Morse key and headphones from 1935 may seem like primitive technology compared to 5G smartphones, but Morse code and the telegraph revolutionised human communication before radio or telephones

The Astatic model D-104 crystal microphone, introduced in 1933, is known as ‘the lollypop’ for its shape.

In 1923, 16mm film was first introduced. Ten years later, standard 8mm film was launched as a less expensive option.

This sheet music from 1930 is for one of Australia’s most recognisable tunes – 'The Aeroplane Jelly Song', an advertising jingle composed by Albert Francis Lenertz.

The hand-wound Ace projector was a cheap way to project 9.5mm film.