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Tagged: oral history

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Warren Ellis on composing for The Proposition
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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Vic Simms Oral History: The Loner
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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Simon Burke Oral History Interview Excerpt
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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Dave Mason Oral History Interview Excerpt
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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Helen Reddy Oral History Excerpt: Women's Liberation
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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Helen Reddy Oral History Excerpt: The impact of 'I Am Woman'
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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Greg Rowe remembers working with Mr Percival
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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John Bowring - making the knife for Crocodile Dundee
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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Mad Max Make-up Artist: 'We created Aussie punk'
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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Hugh Keays-Byrne: Making Fury Road
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...
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