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Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney's one and only 'Coathanger' - engineering marvel and beloved icon - turns 85 this year.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge
'The Coathanger', as the bridge is affectionately known, opened on 19 March 1932. As well as providing a vital link between northern and southern Sydney across the harbour, it looms large in the...
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Public Transport
This diverse collection spans 100 years and shows the relationship between Australia's growing population and evolving public transport systems. Footage includes the North Shore ferry in 1899; ...
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Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House was officially opened on 20 October 1973 – 14 years after construction began. The Opera House holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Australians and is an...
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Sydney time capsule
See Sydney in all its shiny magnificence, from Australia's first recorded moving image filmed at Prince Alfred Park in 1896 to contemporary colour footage. Included are the harbour and its world-...
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Australian Vintage Cinemas and Theatres
This collection about Australian picture palaces is dedicated to the enduring pleasures of cinemagoing. At the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has recently closed cinemas across Australia but...
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Best of Australian fashion in the 1940s and 1950s
Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion. Fashion communicates who we are, and who we want to be. Designer Christian Dior...
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The Commonwealth Games
In 2018 the 21st Commonwealth Games took place on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It was the fifth Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia...
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Lumière
The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection: over 30 short films made in 1899. Produced by Frederick Charles Wills and Henry William Mobsby, these films record...
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Australia by Song
Is Canberra calling to you? And why is it hot in Brisbane but Coolangatta? There was a craze for writing songs about Australian cities and towns in the 1920s and 30s, but the oldest in our collection...
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