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A collection of clips covering Australian history from hundreds of thousands of years ago to the beginning of the 21st Century.
WARNING: this collection may contain names, images or voices of...
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Warren Brown reveals the emotional lives of Australian prime ministers through 12 objects they used every day or otherwise adored.
Items include Robert Menzies' home movie camera, Joseph Lyons' love...
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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.
It saw the birth of the civil rights movement, greater moves towards equality for women in the...
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Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared at Cheviot Beach, Victoria on 17 December 1967.
No trace of him was ever found and the case remains one of Australia’s greatest mysteries. How could the leader...
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The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 3 covers the 1950s to the 2000s.
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The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 2 covers the 1900s to the 1940s.
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As Canberra celebrates its centenary, Jennifer Coombes highlights Raymond Longford's footage of the naming of Canberra.
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On 21 June 1999, Prime Minister John Howard opened a major extension to the NFSA building.
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The Heidelberg Golf Club in Melbourne recently donated to the NFSA a film from the 1920s showing the club and its surrounds at the time of its formation.
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The prime minister apologised to Australia's Indigenous peoples on 13 February 2008. We revisit the story through footage from the NFSA News and Current Affairs Program.