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Tagged: 1950s
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Welcome to the world of The Dressmaker, where haute couture and the Australian outback are brilliantly combined.
When Paris-trained fashion designer Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) arrives in the...
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This collection of Cadbury advertisements provides a wonderful snapshot of the changing attitudes towards dating, romance and fun in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Early Cadbury Milk Tray...
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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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Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion.
Fashion communicates who we are, and who we want to be. Designer Christian Dior...
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Before The Voice, before The X-Factor, there was... Australia's Amateur Hour!
Australia's Amateur Hour was a radio talent show that Australians took to their hearts. It ran from 1940-1958, and...
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A tribute to Australian radio and television personality Binny Lum, thanks to the generous donation of more than 100 sound recordings to the NFSA by her daughter, Sharon Terry.
Binny's extraordinary...
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For World Television Day on 21 November, curator Simon Smith investigates the surviving footage of Australian television's opening night.
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The NFSA celebrates Home Movie Day 2019 by participating in a Home Movie Marathon that also coincides with the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
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We're marking the 30th anniversary of the passing of radio entrepreneur Grace Gibson with the publication of some vintage radio dramas.
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Women played an important role during Australia’s early years of radio broadcasting. We look at the pioneering contribution of Grace Gibson.