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Musician Don Walker (Cold Chisel) on the importance of saving audio tapes, and how he still keeps the handwritten notes where he first captured the ideas for many songs.

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Singer and musician Judith Durham (1943–2022) is best known as the lead vocalist of the 1960s music group, The Seekers – the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in Britai

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In this interview recorded for the NFSA's Oral History Program, Wouter ‘Wally’ De Backer, better known as Gotye, briefly outlines his Belgian ancestry, his gradual awareness of his artistic abiliti

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From punk rockers to pop darlings, these Oral History interviews highlight the depth and diversity of Australian music.

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In this excerpt from an oral history recording, John Bowring talks about making the famous knife for the film, Crocodile Dundee (1985).

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Frustrated by the types of films Australia was making in the 1980s, David Parker says he was encouraged by actor Colin Friels to write his own script – something he had never previously attempted.

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Raising the budget to make Malcolm involved some sacrifices as well as an inventive approach worthy of Malcolm himself.

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First time director, Nadia Tass, had to convince the crew she knew what she was doing while learning on the job.

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Nadia Tass and David Parker talk about the involvement of actor Colin Friels in the film and casting Friels as the central character, Malcolm.

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In his Oral History interview, the multi-talented Brian Nankervis talks about his time in radio and on the SBS program, RocKwiz.