Elton John in Australia
To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.
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Get Wet
In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.
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Retro Games and Game Masters
We've published a Retro Gaming curated collection online to complement Game Masters: The Exhibition, now showing at the NFSA in Canberra until 9 March 2020.
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Welcome to Television: A Mystery
For World Television Day on 21 November, curator Simon Smith investigates the surviving footage of Australian television's opening night.
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World TV Day 2019: Ten Years of TV
For World Television Day on 21 November, curator Simon Smith shares bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage from a program marking the first 10 years of Australian television.
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Rural Bank Radio
Guest contributor Jennifer Bowen shares extracts from several rare regional radio programs in the NFSA collection funded by the Rural Bank of NSW.
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Archie Roach interview
Clips from an exclusive interview with musician Archie Roach where he talks about family and music as a healer.
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Happy 100th Felix!
To celebrate 100 years of Felix the Cat, we’ve reached into our magic bag of tricks to bring you some excerpts from the original cartoons.
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Priscilla: Behind the Scenes
Listen to excerpts from an Oral History interview with Elise Lockwood. Twenty-five years ago, she was the stills photographer on the set of 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' (1994).
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019
The UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage takes place on 27 October. To celebrate we go behind the scenes with an early cinema home entertainment system: the Kinora.
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Home Movie Marathon
The NFSA celebrates Home Movie Day 2019 by participating in a Home Movie Marathon that also coincides with the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
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Horror in Australian Cinema
A brief survey of Australian horror films from the outback thrillers of the 1970s to the work of the influential creators of Saw and The Babadook.
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Money, Not Harmony
Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3 first went to air on 1 October 1979. Station archivist Dr Liz Giuffre shares excerpts from a music industry documentary by Richard Kingsmill that was broadcast on 2SER in 1988.
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Starstruck on Tour
After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Bathurst, the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition now opens in Geraldton, WA.
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Simon Before Wonder World!
Before he created and hosted Wonder World!, Simon Townsend had already forged a successful career in TV, print and radio journalism.
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Alternative Canberra Designs
The NFSA has acquired 24 glass slides by Walter Scott Griffiths illustrating his alternative vision for Australia’s future capital city.
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The Matrix is 20
The NFSA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Matrix with a special screening and Q&A with Executive Producer Andrew Mason.
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Priscilla turns 25
Australia's most fabulous road trip movie opened in Australian cinemas 25 years ago – on 8 September 1994. To celebrate, we're Undressing Priscilla all over again.
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The Evil Touch
Join us in Canberra on 6 September for a special screening of two episodes of The Evil Touch, a 1970s Australian-US horror-suspense anthology series.
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40 Years of Wonder World!
Celebrating 40 years of Simon Townsend's Wonder World! The show that changed the face of children's television in Australia.
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