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Tagged: 1950s

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The Dressmaker – The making of the hit movie and its costumes
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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Vintage Cadbury Chocolate Ads
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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100 years of Berlei
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...
Collection
Best of Australian fashion in the 1940s and 1950s
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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Australia's Amateur Hour
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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Binny Lum
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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Mildura time capsule
See how Mildura has changed in these films and recorded sound items from the NFSA's collection.
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Home Movies: Top 10 International Travel Destinations
We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and Home Movie Day with footage of Australia's top overseas travel destinations.
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Rare AFL footage released
The NFSA has released rare footage of one of Australian Rules football’s greatest players, Essendon forward John Coleman. Film curator Simon Smith made the discovery.
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Joan Sutherland wins 1950 Mobil Quest Singing Competition
It was 70 years ago – on 10 September 1950 – that the 23-year-old Joan Sutherland won a major singing competition that helped set her on the road to international stardom.
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