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Multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis is a member of several musical groups and has also composed film scores with Nick Cave.
In this clip from his NFSA oral history interview with John Olson, he...
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This audio clip is an excerpt from an oral history interview with Vic Simms, Aboriginal musician and songwriter. He is talking to Brenda Gifford as part of the NFSA First Voices program.
In the early...
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In January 2020, Lorna Lesley interviewed Simon Burke for the NFSA's Oral History program. Burke is one of Australia’s most beloved stars of film, TV, and theatre.
In this excerpt, Simon shares his...
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In February 2020, NFSA Oral History Senior Curatorial Officer Sean O'Brien interviewed Dave Mason, songwriter and lead singer with the innovative and influential pop group The Reels.
In 2001, Dave's...
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In 2008, Helen Reddy gave an oral history interview to the NFSA's Nick Weare.
In this excerpt Reddy talks about the lasting legacy of the women's liberation movement in the 1970s.
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In 2008, Helen Reddy gave an oral history interview to the NFSA's Nick Weare.
In this excerpt Reddy talks about the impact of her most iconic song, 'I Am Woman'.
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Forty years after starring in Storm Boy as an 11-year-old, Greg Rowe talks about working with the pelicans and the tricks he learnt to make them happy.
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The film’s most famous joke 'That’s not a knife…’ relies on the impressive bowie knife created by film armourer John Bowring. In this oral history excerpt Bowring tells the story behind the making of...
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In this excerpt from an oral history with veteran make-up artist Vivien Mepham, she talks about developing the look of the characters in Mad Max.
‘It had some magic’, says Mepham, while conceding...
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In this excerpt from his NFSA oral history, English-Australian actor Hugh Keays-Byrne talks about making Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
Keays-Byrne had played the memorable antagonist, Toecutter, in the...