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Tagged: Sydney
Exhibition
Sydney's one and only 'Coathanger' - engineering marvel and beloved icon - turns 85 this year.
Collection
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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See Sydney in all its shiny magnificence: the harbour and its world-famous bridge, the Opera House, the Rocks, Paddy's Markets, ferries, beaches, traffic, trains, sport, song and suburbia.
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This year marks 45 years since the official opening of the Sydney Opera House on 20 October 1973 – 14 years after construction began.
The Opera House holds a special place in the hearts and minds of...
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'The Coathanger', as the bridge is affectionately known, opened on 19 March 1932 - 85 years ago.
As well as providing a vital link between northern and southern Sydney across the harbour, it looms...
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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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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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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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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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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...