Collection Stories
The NFSA celebrates Australia's own Million Dollar Mermaid - silent movie star Annette Kellerman.
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This collection celebrates the work of the McDonagh sisters. In the 1920s, they became the first women to own and operate a film production company in Australia.
Paulette (1901–1978) wrote and...
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The list of Annette Kellerman's achievements is extraordinary: champion swimmer and diver, vaudeville performer, international silent film star, stunt performer and entrepreneur.
Born in Sydney in...
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From 1879-1914, the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers toured Australia, South-East Asia and Europe.
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NFSA curator Jillian Mackenzie writes about the Ten Days on the Island festival where she took the newly digitised Corrick Collection on tour.
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Listen to a Q&A with composer Paul Mac about writing a new score for the NFSA Restores digital restoration of The Sentimental Bloke.
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Stewart Corrick writes about his grandfather Leonard's famous family of entertainers and the 40-year mission to preserve and digitise the Corrick Collection.
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Restoring 'The Cheaters', a 1929 silent film by the pioneering McDonagh sisters.
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Simon Smith reports on a feature-length selection of silent films curated by the NFSA for the 2012 Sydney Film Festival.
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Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?
