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Tagged: 2000s
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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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Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2008.
This year's sounds include the sound of a koala grunting, the first known...
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Sounds of Australia began in 2007 to celebrate sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance.
This collection includes the initial foundation list of ten sounds plus an...
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Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance were added to Sounds of Australia for 2009.
They include popular anthems 'Treaty' and 'I Am Woman'; the earliest radio...
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The ❤ Kylie: A Celebration Collection Story on Kylie Minogue is sure to have you Spinning Around!
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As part of our Newscaf series, we revisit the opening of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney on 15 September 2000.
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Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning and producer Nick DiDia talk with the NFSA's Sam Dignand about the making of the band’s iconic album, Internationalist.
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Jennifer Coombes looks at costume sketches and continuity polaroids of Heath Ledger’s portrayal of Ned Kelly, as featured in the exhibition Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures at the NFSA.
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Discover the stories behind some of Australia's beloved – and also lesser-known – national treasures.
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For years the negative of Wake in Fright (1971) was thought to be lost forever. Here is the story behind the restoration and re-release of the classic Australian film.