Playing vinyl albums with an Aussie dollar note! National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2016-10-14 | We heard that the new pound note can do this trick... well, the Aussie dollar has been the vinyl-playing currency of choice since 1988!The new $5 note brings up the sweet sounds of BRIT'S BLUES (1958) by Red Norvo and his orchestra (composed by Elmer Bernstein) beautifully, as demonstrated by NFSA Education Manager Cris Kennedy PLEASE NOTE:1. This record is not part of the NFSA collection.2. As amusing as this trick is, we can't promise it won't damage your records. Don't try it on one of your collectable albums!'
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Nicole Kidman National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-04-01 | Listen to our exclusive interview with Nicole Kidman! Watch and book your tickets to our upcoming exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @VisitCanberra and We Are CBR. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/AUSTRALIANS-HOLLYWOOD[Jenny Cooney interviews Nicole Kidman]
A Face Of Greekness National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-03-28 | An allegory on the emotional conflicts many youths face in growing up in a foreign society. Highlights the problem by showing the hostility faced by a young Greek girl and her family, after she has been raped.
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Damon Herriman National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-02-28 | Listen to the sixth episode of our new video series, featuring an exclusive interview with Damon Herriman! Watch and book your tickets to our current exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @VisitCanberra and We Are CBR. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/nfsa-presents-inspired-damon-herriman[Jenny Cooney interviews Damon Herriman]
Australians & Hollywood - Exhibition National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-02-22 | Australians & Hollywood: a tale of craft, talent and ambition at the National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra. Book your ticket now! https://www.nfsa.gov.au/Hollywood #HollywoodNFSA
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Chris Pang National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-02-15 | Listen to the fifth episode of our new video series, featuring an exclusive interview with Chris Pang! Watch and book your tickets to our upcoming exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @VisitCanberra and We Are CBR. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/AUSTRALIANS-HOLLYWOOD[Jenny Cooney interviews Chris Pang]
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - George Miller National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-01-17 | Watch the third exclusive interview in our video series: legendary filmmaker, George Miller! Make sure you also book tickets to our new exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, which includes props and memorabilia from the Mad Max franchise. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/AUSTRALIANS-HOLLYWOODSupported by @VisitCanberra and @WeAreCBR.#HollywoodNFSA #GeorgeMiller #AussiesInHollywood #VisitCanberra #WeAreCBR[Jenny Cooney interviews George Miller]
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Mia Wasikowska National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2022-01-17 | Listen to the fourth episode of our video series, featuring an exclusive interview with Mia Wasikowska! Watch and book your tickets to our upcoming exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @VisitCanberra and We Are CBR. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/nfsa-presents-inspired-mia-wasikowska[Jenny Cooney interviews Hugh Jackman and Mia Wasikowska]
Happy Holidays from the NFSA! National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-12-16 | What a year it has been! On behalf of the NFSA team, we would like to wish you a stress-free holiday season, merry Christmas, and a healthy and happy 2022. Please remember that our offices, and Canberra building, will be closed from 25 December and reopening 4 January. However, we are always open online! We invite you to explore the collection here. Thank you for your support, and see you again soon!
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Angourie Rice National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-12-13 | Watch the second episode of our new video series, as incredible actor Angourie Rice talks about what drives her to succeed in our exclusive interview with Jenny Cooney. Watch and book your tickets to our upcoming exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @VisitCanberra and We Are CBR. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/AUSTRALIANS-HOLLYWOOD[Jenny Cooney interviews Angourie Rice]#HollywoodNFSA #AngourieRice #AussiesInHollywood #VisitCanberra #WeAreCBR
NFSA PRESENTS: INSPIRED - Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-12-02 | Listen to the first episode of our new video series, featuring an exclusive interview with Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness! Watch and book your tickets to our upcoming exhibition, Australians & Hollywood, supported by @visitcanberra and We Are CBR. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/AUSTRALIANS-HOLLYWOOD[Jenny Cooney interviews Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness]
Australians & Hollywood - Exhibition National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-11-15 | Australians & Hollywood: a tale of craft, talent and ambition is on sale! We open on 21 January at the National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra. Book your ticket now! https://www.nfsa.gov.au/Hollywood #HollywoodNFSA
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-08-02 | We are thrilled to announce our new exhibition opening 4 December 2021: Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition. Featuring never-before publicly seen objects, costumes, original documents and footage from the NFSA collection, as well as exclusive loans from the private collections of some of Australia’s most celebrated actors, cinematographers, and filmmakers - this will be a celebration of Australian cinematic success in front and behind the camera, as well as the NFSA’s first original exhibition in twenty years!📍Register for updates: nfsa.gov.au/hollywood
Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-13 | Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishopThe NFSA celebrates Mervyn Bishop, one of Australia's most prolific and influential photographers, with a new exhibition opening in Canberra on 5 March.Mervyn Bishop's images of culture, politics and people have significantly influenced our collective understanding of Australia’s history.This exhibition is drawn from the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) collection, the artist’s private archive, and enriched by sound and moving image from the NFSA.Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition features iconic photographs that derive from his career as a photojournalist, alongside personal images of family and friends and intimate portraits of members of the Aboriginal community.Spanning the past 60 years, the exhibition provides a fascinating insight into Bishop’s life and work.An Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition, presented in collaboration with the NFSA.BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/Mervyn-BishopWarning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this trailer and the corresponding film may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons.
Behind the Scenes with Mervyn Bishop: Murray Island 1977 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Could you capture an iconic image while neck deep in water, with sharks circling? This is the story behind Mervyn Bishop's famous photograph: Murray Island 1977 35mm colour slide 3.5 x 2.5cm Mervyn Bishop archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive © Mervyn Bishop ARC400.9.16 Photo: AGNSW.Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
Meet the curators behind Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Step behind the scenes of the NFSA's exhibition - Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist - and hear from and hear from curators Tara Marynowsky (NFSA) and Coby Edgar (Art Gallery of NSW), as well as Mervyn Bishop himself, in this documentary mini-series. Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
Mervyn Bishop on discovering photography National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Hear from Mervyn Bishop as he describes discovering photography at age 10, and the beginnings of his neighbourhood slide nights. Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
Mervyn Bishop: pioneer, artist, and source of inspiration. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Hear from National Film and Sound Archive of Australia curator Tara Marynowsky as she describes the 'insider's knowledge' visitors to the Mervyn Bishop exhibition will receive, and how his story brings together those of the famous faces he captured. Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
Behind the Scenes with Mervyn Bishop: Photography cadets with model, Sydney Morning Herald 1967 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | In 1963 Mervyn moved to Sydney and began his four-year career as a cadet photographer with The Sydney Morning Herald. This is the story behind his famous image: Photography cadets with model, Sydney Morning Herald 1967 © Mervyn Bishop. Art Gallery of New South Wales: 173.1991Ink jet print, digital exhibition copy of gelatin silver photograph. Original photograph acquired through Hallmark Cards Australian Photography Collection Fund 1991Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
The magic of the NFSA collection within Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Did you know the Mervyn Bishop exhibition is enriched by sound and moving image from the NFSA collection? AGNSW Curator Coby Edgar describes the magic of incorporating the NFSA collection within Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist.Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
Who is Mervyn Bishop? Hear from AGNSW Curator Coby Edgar National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-07-12 | Who is Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photojournalist? Exhibition curator Coby Edgar reveals the man behind some of Australia's most iconic images, and the impact he has had on the nation. Exhibition dates now extended to 4 October 2021. Book tickets online to receive up to 25% discount! https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/mervyn-bishop
The Cultural Icons National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-06-25 | Meet the Cultural Icons. 12 of our most iconic cultural institutions have joined together to tell one inspiring story: yours. Plan a visit and discover 12 perspectives on what makes us, us.Discover more: https://visitcanberra.com.au/cultural-icons and nfsa.gov.au/culturalicons #CBRCulturalIcons #VisitCanberra #HolidayHereThisYear
NFSA Livestream: Creativity In The Time Of COVID National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-05-18 | What do a foul-mouthed comedian, heart-warming romantic web series and a drag queen have in common? Creatively creating content and connecting people during a global pandemic! When Australians went into lockdowns across the country in 2020, many found ways to connect with others, keep boredom at bay and survive a world where “WFH”, “iso-date”, “sanny” and “zoombombing” became staples of our new language. Over the last year, the NFSA has collected a diverse range of acquisitions reflecting how Aussies created, shared and consumed audio visual material whilst surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Across this collection, one unifying theme shines through: the power of creativity to connect, inspire and foster care.Join us online as we screen some of the NFSA’s most recently acquired material reflecting the Australian COVID-19 experience. An exclusive Q&A discussion session will follow with exciting guest speakers Nat and Julia from Nat's What I Reckon and Joyce Maynge.
NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke (feat: score by Paul Mac) National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-05-03 | ‘A tale of romance, jealously, temptation and redemption’ – FilmInk The Sentimental Bloke was adapted from CJ Dennis’ 1915 verse novel by Australian film industry power couple: the legendary director Raymond Longford and superstar Lottie Lyell.A huge box-office hit with audiences in 1919–20, The Sentimental Bloke is one of the few silent-era Australian films to have survived in its entirety.The NFSA marked the centenary of this silent film classic with a new digital restoration and a specially composed score by ARIA-award winning musician Paul Mac. Join us at Arc on 22 May 2021 as we present the restored title complete with pre-recorded score. Composer Paul Mac will join us on stage after the screening for a Q&A session. https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/NFSA-RESTORES-THE-SENTIMENTAL-BLOKEThe film tells the story of Bill (Arthur Tauchert), a wayward Aussie bloke, and his love for Doreen (Lyell). It was shot on locations including Manly Beach and the-then rough streets of Woolloomooloo, offering a revealing glimpse of Sydney 100 years ago.
Young Talent Team rare footage (1972) - Courtesy of Channel 7 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-04-30 | Our Young Talent Time online exhibition includes this rare footage of the original team members - Rod Kirkham, Vikki Broughton, Philip Gould, Debbie Byrne, Greg Mills and Julie Ryles - which has not seen since it aired in 1972!🌟See more: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/young-talent-time-rare-footage
Heres the Young Talent Time Family! National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-04-26 | It's time to relive the razzle dazzle! The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Young Talent Time with an online exhibition featuring 30 clips showcasing all 40 cast members.https://www.nfsa.gov.au/youngtalenttime
NFSA Celebrates Young Talent Time National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-04-26 | Come and relive the razzle dazzle with our online exhibition, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Young Talent Time. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/youngtalenttimeJohnny Young’s show launched some bona fide long-running careers – most notably for Tina Arena and Dannii Minogue - and the collection includes their first and last appearances on the show as well as other stars and fan favourites like Debra Byrne, Philip Gould, Jane Scali, Jamie Redfern and Joey Perrone.Watch them perform songs made famous by everyone from The Beatles to ABBA, Madonna to Prince, Pointer Sisters to Sister Sledge, Ted Mulry to Kids in the Kitchen, Simon & Garfunkel to Johnny Cash & June Carter, Michael Jackson to Lionel Richie, High Society to Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar to The Sound of Music.Enjoy 1972 B&W concert footage of the original team, unseen in nearly 50 yearsWatch 8-year-old Asher Keddie sing and dance to ‘Fame’ Learn about cast members’ favourite things – from a Pierrot doll collection to a pet sheep – and meet some of their family membersHear an extract from Johnny Young’s oral history about the making of the showMarvel as the 1983 cast act out the lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (on the set of Carson’s Law!)Get 80s hits like ‘Dress You Up’, ‘Neutron Dance’, ‘Beat It’, ‘Physical’ and ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ stuck in your headCheck out the authentic 70s men’s knitwear worn by the boys in The Beatles medley...and so much more!
A Celestial Harvest - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | A snapshot of Sydney’s Chinese community and how they coped with persecution and harassment to emerge as a successful story of multiculturalism. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.A CELESTIAL HARVEST-The curious history of the Chinese in SydneySynopsisIn the annals of Chinese wisdom there is a saying: Every step makes a footprint. The footprints of the Chinese in Australia are everywhere. They are a successful part of the great Australian story of assimilation yet the road to success was often rocky and dangerous. Records show the earliest known Chinese immigrant to arrive in Sydney is reported to have been Cantonese born, Mak Sai Ying, who arrived as a free settler to the colony of New South Wales in 1818. The Chinese were generally seen as a curiosity. They looked different, wore strange oriental clothing, had pigtails and spoke in a sing-song indecipherable language. They became known as ‘celestials’ - because the Chinese Emperor was known as the ‘son of Heaven’.In the 1840s, as Sydney’s population grew, the tide started to turn against the Chinese who were seen as cheap labour and a threat to Australian society.With the discovery of gold in 1851 Australian opened up to the world. In the space of two gold-crazed decades our population grew by well over a million. Hopeful miners came from all over the world, including China. Many Chinese came directly from the Californian goldrush. The fact that the Chinese were industrious hardly endeared them to their fellow miners. Hostility and harassment was common on the goldfields. Some Chinese, seeing opportunity, opened tea rooms and restaurants to find a ‘new gold’. Life in the city was more orderly although the Chinese were still seen as second-class and a threat to labour. Like many migrant groups the Chinese congregated as a community and Sydney’s first Chinatown, the narrow Essex Street, near Circular Quay, was established in the 1850s. It served the Chinese community for the next fifty years before drifting down to the Haymarket and the area surrounding Sydney’s Dixon Street.From the 1870s onwards, industrious Chinese market gardeners supplied Sydney’s vegetable and fruit needs. There were extensive market gardens at Rushcutters Bay and Botany. Life was not easy. Sydney’s larrikin gangs took it upon themselves to harass the Chinese by attacking their crops and throwing rocks. Raiding the Chinese gardens was considered a sport by these hooligans. The Chinese rarely retaliated. Racist slurs of ‘chows’ and ‘chinks' were common, even in the popular press. Tension often turned to physical anger, with the authorities turning a blind eye or, worse still, siding with the street thugs in court.In the 1890s feelings about the Chinese were mixed. A writer, alluding to the popular dislike of Chinese labour competition, summed it up simply: ‘The Chinaman is too industrious for his Caucasian brother'. It is strange that a nation which saw itself as the land of the free, the land of the ‘fair go’, should witness the introduction of The White Australia Policy in its first Federated Parliament in 1901. The White Australia Policy stood guard on Australia’s shores for 72 years and was finally legally dismantled in 1973.Xenophobia, a fear of foreigners, expresses itself in many ways, and is usually without reason or reckoning. The 2020 Novel COVID19 pandemic, originating in China, saw increased racism aimed at Australian Chinese - even those whose family footprint has been here since the very earliest days of colonisation. History teaches us to tread carefully and respectfully. Sadly, we are often slow learners. Sydney has much to celebrate in its Chinese heritage.
A Convicts Tour of Hell - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | Through the story of 'Frank the Poet’, an early convict rebel, we explore Sydney’s dark convict past. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.A CONVICT’S TOUR OF HELL- The curious story of Sydney’s colonial convict past.SynopsisThe ghosts of Sydney’s convict past hover across our city to remind us of the penal transportation system which saw over 160,000 men, women and children transplanted to Australian shores. Approximately half were destined to Sydney. Apart from the dubious legality of taking the land from the indigenous people (without a thought of treaty), the British set to building the first colonial settlement on prime Gadigal land, using the bitter hard sweat of convict labour . On arrival, the majority of First Fleet convicts were released to fend for themselves, to build rudimentary shelter in the area now known as The Rocks. The system didn’t care less whether they returned or not - ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’ - but the authorities knew the terrified and hungry convicts would return next morning - and they did. The plan was to build a settlement, in effect, a goal town, which would cope with successive arrivals of transports. Convicts were set to work. Men, yoked together like cattle, forged through the wild bushland to turn tracks to roads; gangs in heavy leg-irons smashed sandstone to make bricks, and men, skilled or otherwise, laboured to create buildings great and small. Around 13,000 women were sentenced to Australia. There were also children, some as young as nine year’s of age sentenced to transportation, usually for petty thievery. On arrival women and children were expected to work. The women and young girls were despatched to the Female Factory at Parramatta, where they worked in laundries and fabric repair or were despatched as indentured farm workers. The story of Frances McNamara, better known as Frank the Poet, is both colourful and dark. Sentenced at 21 for stealing plaid he was sent to Sydney for 7 years. Arriving on the transport ship Eliza, 1832, the self-proclaimed poet, appears to have almost immediately stepped on the toes of the system. Over his years in Australia Frank MacNamara wrote many poems and the extraordinary monolgue, A Convict’s Tour of Hell. This program tells Frank’s story.
Beats, Bards and Bongos - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | Stories from the Sydney Push and early folk revival where ‘critical drinking’ joined critical thinking and music. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.BEATS, BARDS & BONGOS- The curious history of Sydney’s libertarian movement and the emergence of beats, bodies & widgies, and folk music.SynopsisThere was a time in Sydney’s past, in the post WW2 years of the late 1940s and through the 1950s, when the sounds of bongos, beat poetry and passionate debate echoed across the city. Sydney was a much smaller world and it was easier to identify an intellectual sub-culture - in this case the self-proclaimed Sydney Push, a libertarian movement which would persist through to the early seventies.In the late fifties and sixties the conversation over coffee tables changed to equal rights, censorship, Ban the Bomb, and, later, the rights and wrongs of the Vietnam War. The music changed too, for it was the sound of folk music that best accompanied talk of protest and social change. The late seventies witnessed more change as pub rock shattered the conversation. Television also seized the minds of the masses as Australia quickly moved from a nation of people who once entertained each other, to a people who ‘got entertained’, mainly from television. Even hotels installed television sets - sealing the fate of both conversation and music.The Sydney Push, possibly taking its name from the rebellious larrikin street gangs of the past, who called their gangs ‘pushes’, was a fluid clan of left-wing intellectuals and philosophers, mostly arts and philosophy students, rebels and creatives, who frequented Sydney coffee shops and pubs. The Sydney Push coincided with the arrival of the beat generation. In 1959 the Australian Women’s weekly announced: Call them another lost generation, call them junior existentialists, call them beatniks — they're still the most colourful band of scatterbrained adolescents ever to appear in Sydney.Folk music is also part of this story. Sydney experienced a decade of popularity for folk music between 1955 and 1965 with many now legendary performers like Gary Shearston, Marion Henderson and Declan Affley emerging to sing down through the years. This program celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Folk Federation of NSW and its role in the story of our city’s musical life. The beat goes on.
Billycarts, Hopscotch and Razzle Dazzles - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | How Sydney children have amused themselves over the years. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.Billy-carts, Hopscotch & Razzle-dazzles. - The curious story of Sydney’s children at play.SynopsisWhoever coined the phrase ‘As easy as child’s play” didn’t know very much about children. Playtime, in its many expressions can appear simplistic but is often extremely complicated. Constructing a Land-of-Make-Believe, for example, can be extremely complex allowing a child to return again and again to a familiar imaginative space with equally imaginative friends. The ability of children to invent is endless. Sydney children have always found magic where adults cannot.There is little doubt children have an ability to create their own play worlds. Considering the topsy-turvy state of our current world this is probably a fortunate thing. Sydney children, like kids right through the decades of Australian history, have invented their own games, secret languages and amusements. Old games, songs and crafts come and go and return again to benefit from the evolution of tradition. Program looks at how children played down through the ages from indigenous play to kite-flying, building bonfires to scuttling down hills on billy-carts.Life for children in today’s Sydney is different and often difficult in so many ways. Essentially we have experienced a monumental shift in so many aspects of day-to-day life. We have become a people who get entertained rather than the old days when we entertained ourselves. We have lost play skills but, at the same time, added new ones. We are a product of the Information Age, and that includes children. In some ways we have become more passive in our entertainment and we are suffering the consequences with obesity and social problems. As Warren Fahey points out, on the bright side, children are born with a fresh slate - they are as creative and inventive as ever. Amidst the hurly-burly of modern life and the temptation of too much screen time - we all need to breathe deeply and allow our child’s mind more time for magical escapes.
Kings Bloody Cross - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | A social history of Kings Cross entertainment from the high life to the low life (and sometimes the very low life), and why it remains such a special part of the Sydney story. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.KINGS ‘BLOODY’ CROSS- The curious story of Sydney’s famous nighttime playground.SynopsisSydney’s Kings Cross has a long history as a place of mystery, excitement, swinging doors, dimly lit staircases, rowdy noisemakers, late nights and a 24-hour heartbeat. The heartbeat is now quieter and the lights go out a lot earlier, but the spirit is still alive and well.Historically, the convergence of streets at the top of William Street, namely William Street, Kings Cross Road, Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street was known in the second half of the nineteenth century as ‘The Cross’. In 1897 its name was changed to Queen’s Cross to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the long-serving Queen Victoria. In 1905 the City of Sydney Council changed its name again, this time to reflect the new monarch, King Edward 7th. They also needed to avoid confusion with Queen’s Square, on Macquarie Street, where a life-sized bronze statue of the late Queen was placed on watch. It didn’t take long for the new name Kings Cross to be accepted.Technically it is not a suburb. It is ‘part and parcel’ of Potts Point – to the collective memory of Sydney it is more a state of mind. If anything, it is a people place – poets and pimps, writers and skitters, singers and mudslingers, drag artists and con artists and, of course, the wealthy, the homeless and the hopeless. For well over a century Kings Cross was Sydney’s main entertainment destination offering cafes, dining, nightclubs and fancy shops which sat alongside brothels, illegal gambling clubs, strip joints and dubious drinking holes. For much of the twentieth century it was the only part of Sydney open after 10pm and, sometimes, its doors never shut. Things have changed in the Cross: a victim of its own infamy, home entertainment, new conservatism and government designed lockouts, all pandering to increasing gentrification.It was in the old Kings Cross where many Australians had their first espresso coffee, first drink, first look at the other side of life and, for some, their first sexual encounter. It is not surprising that so many of us retain a nostalgic view of Kings Cross - for it is a place held together by memories.
Larrikins, Louts and Layabouts - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | Stories about wild gangs of Sydney: the cabbage tree mob, larrikin pushes and later youth tribes. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.LARRIKINS, LOUTS & LAYABOUTS- The curious history of Sydney’s youth tribes from Cabbage-Tree mobs to Larrikin louts.SynopsisThese days being called a ‘larrikin’ is a badge of honour but it wasn’t always so. Cultural historian, Warren Fahey, claims some right to the name as his independent Larrikin record label, established in 1974, released nearly 600 Australian recordings during its twenty-five year history.For generations past there has been debate about the origin of the word “larrikin." The Sydney Gazette of July 21, 1825, carried a reference to "larky boys'," denoting toughs of the times. The word ‘larrikin’ likely originated in a colonial courtroom when a young lad, accused of being a troublemaker, a hooligan and public nuisance, defended himself to the judge by proclaiming he had been ‘larkin’ about’. Maybe his Irish accent made it sound like ‘larrikin about’ but the word caught on and up until the 1950s was considered an appropriate description for a street troublemaker. In truth, the larrikins of the nineteenth century were despicable creatures and best avoided. They were a scourge on Sydney’s streets.Sydney’s first troublemaking gangs were the ‘cabbage-tree mobs’ of the 1840s and 50s. A Sydney Herald writer described the Cabbage Tree mobs’ as: “An unruly set of fellows, native-born generally - sort of loafers, they are known as the cabbage-tree mob. They are identifiably dressed in a suit of fustian or colonial tweed, and wear the emblem of their order, the low-crowned cabbage-palm hat.” Larrikins appeared in the late 1870s. They operated in gangs called ‘pushes’. Mostly living in the poorer parts of Sydney - The Rocks, Pyrmont, Paddington, Newtown and East Sydney’s Darlinghurst and Woolloomooloo - they were inner-city street toughs, nasty and aggressive. Their favourite sport was throwing blue metal (from railway tracks and street ballast) at windows - and each other - and it wasn’t beyond them to kick a man to deathThe end of the larrikin came in 1911, when the Federal government introduced compulsory military training.Sydney in the ‘roaring twenties’ was the age of Gatsby-types and a new youth culture. Women saw themselves as ‘flappers’ who wore short skirts (just at the knee was short for that time), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behaviour. Post war, the 1950s witnessed a new attitude and a new youth tribe appeared in the guise of bodgies and their female counterpart, widgies. Rebellious but not as violent as the larrikin. They were nonetheless seen as a threat to society. The mid-fifties also saw the rise of the beat generation and folkniks. Duffle coats, desert boots and long hair and emergence of rejection of standard narrative values. Many looked to spiritual quests, the exploration of Eastern religions, the rejection of economic materialism, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration. Between the mid sixties and seventies the world turned upside-down as traditional modes of authority were questioned. Widespread social tensions developed concerning sexuality, women’s rights and indigenous rights. It was the hippy-dippy age of Aquarius and counter-culture with defiant alternative lifestyles. Sydney’s youth culture has always been fluid - we create social tribes for a sense of belonging. Expressed in dress, hair do’s and dont’s, slanguage and even physical mannerisms. Tribes come and go like a parade - cabbage-tree mobs to larrikin pushes to beatniks to bikies, bodgies and widgies. Then came sharpies, rockers, surfies, punks, goths followed by emos, bros, lads, skins, hipsters and even self-professed bogans. It’s a never-ending parade of Sydney life and never dull.
Ratbags and Rabble Rousers - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.RATBAGS & RABBLEROUSERS- The curious history of the Sydney Domain.SynopsisAll Sydneysiders know The Domain yet few know of its extraordinary role in the history of our city celebrating all manner of ratbags and rabble-rousers.The Domain holds a peculiar place in the story of Sydney. However, it is the Phillip Precinct, the relatively small open area, sandwiched between Hospital Road and Art Gallery Road, that has witnessed an ever-changing parade of curious history.Throughout the Victorian era, military reviews were held on the Queen'sbirthday, and until the last of the English regiments left Sydney in 1870, aregimental band played in the Domain every Sunday.In 1856 Pierre Maigre, a internationally famous ‘aeronaut’, announced he would demonstrate the science of ‘aerostation’ by making an ascension from The Domain, in a monster balloon, constructed in Sydney for the purpose. It didn’t get off the ground!Two years’s later, in 1858, Australia’s greatest colonial showman and theatrical entrepreneur, George Coppin, announced that he would ascend in his balloon ‘The Australasian’—his advertisement declared - "inflation to commence at two o'clock." Thousands paid for admission, the Governor lent his patronage, a military band supplied "free music," and Coppin took off in the first aeronautical ascent ever made from this continent. The Domain was also a sporting oval for colonial cricket and football. Cricket matches, which had been played in Hyde Park since the early 19th century, moved to the Domain in the 1850s and played there for 14 years - despite a rough ground, and vocal opposition from Sydneysiders who saw the regular games infringing on their parkland. Football games were also staged on the grounds, however, being an open field it was impossible to charge entry. There was also the problem of straying grazing cattle and goats, not to mention their manure, which had to be physically removed before any game.From the 1870s, inspired by London’s Hyde Park, the Domain became our soapbox for free speech. On Sundays, every ratbag and rabble-rouser in Sydney arrived, often with a small ladder as a soapbox, to talk about anything from religion and politics to sexual freedom and, as old timers used to say, ‘anything that came into their head - and there’s nothing in that!”.As Sydney’s backyard, The Domain was also a place for public spectacle. In 1874 high-wire walker, Blondin, famous for his 1859 walk across Niagara Falls, tantalised audiences in a giant tent accommodating 15000 ticket-holders per session, when he walked across his Domain high-wire. In 1878 one of the city’s great architectural wonders was built in The Domain for the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition - a Garden Palace - a cathedral-type building 244 metres long with towers and electric lighting. It also boasted landscaped pleasure gardens. The building, constructed in only eight months, primarily of timber and glass, was completely destroyed by fire on one single night three year’s later. Tragically, between 500-1000 Sydney Aboriginal artefacts were destroyed in the horrific blaze along with the colony’s print records.In the 1890s The Domain became known for its cast of eccentric speakers - The Sydney Mail of 1898 described it as a hotbed for: “anarchists, salvationists, nihilists, free lovers, land nationalisers - every political and religious thought destructive or constructive or condemned”Military ceremonies and parades were staged in The Domain regularly. As the bugle sounded for WW1, it became the assembly point for Australia’s famous snowball marches where country men were encouraged to enlist. The most famous, the Cooee March, left Gilgandera in October 1915 with 26 men and trekked 515 kilometres to Sydney with 263 men ready to sign up in the Sydney Domain. In 1917 The Domain became the weekly demonstration point for upwards of 150,000 unionists and supporters of the NSW Great Strike. Heated debates bolstered the determination of the strikers and their cry of ‘Solidarity Forever’. In the mean and lean times of the Great Depression the soapboxes were extremely busy expressing disillusionment, frustration and downright anger. Unemployment in the 1930s Depression forced many into rough sleeping and the Domain became an emergency tent city.By the 1950s the crowd numbers for the Speaker’s Corner had decreased to around 5000.Today, the Domain is a restful place, occasionally a Sunday speaker appears but most activity, apart from major cultural events, are casual sport’s games, city workers enjoying lunch and the occasional canoodling couple.
Showies and Sideshow Alley - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | A look at the Sydney Show - where the country came to town - and especially the curios of sideshow alley with its flea circus, fat lady, Indian rope climber and voodoo mystics. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.SHOWIES & SIDESHOW ALLEY- The curious story of Sydney’s Royal Easter Show sideshow attractions.SynopsisFor the majority of kids growing up in the 1950s and 60s, the two highlights of the year were Bonfire Night and the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Most saved up for both by doing odd-jobs and retrieving the deposit from soft drink bottles. Money went on bags of fireworks for Cracker Night and, at the Easter Show, it went on sample bags, rides and some very weird sideshows.The first Show was staged at Parramatta, in 1923, a year after Sydney’s landed gentlemen had formed the Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Parramatta, at the time, being the centre of colonial agriculture. It then moved to Prince Alfred Park and, later, to Moore Park, before its recent move to Homebush Bay.Our story tells how, by the 1920s, many weird and wonderful had been added to the agricultural attractions. This was the era of spiritualism, freaks and wonders. Sydney couldn’t get enough freakishness and craziness - and Sideshow Alley was born.Tent shows have a long history in Australia. Even before the 1850s goldrush we were prepared to be taken in, offer up our pocket money, and gawk at a headless lady or some other improbably sight.This program looks at some of the most-outlandish freak shows and questions why they were so popular.Featuring Tam Tam the Leopard Man, Betty Broadbent the tattooed lady, Madam Zena’s flea circus, the Travesty Wild Man, Princess Ubangi, Lanky Bill and the midget Mae West, Princess Pontus, Wee Walla Walla, Ching Chang and Anna John Budd - half man and half woman!
Our Harbour which Art in Sydney - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | An unusual snapshot of Sydney’s maritime history of transport, amusement and as a working harbour. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.OUR HARBOUR WHICH ART IN SYDNEY.- The curious history of Sydney HarbourSynopsisOur ‘arbour which art in Sydney,“Good oh” be thy nameThy bridge be done If not in 1930, then in ’31.Forgive us our swell-headednessAs we forgive those cows in MelbourneWho trespass against us.For ours is the harbour, the bridge and the Bradman,For ever and ever, Amen.So ran an anonymous poem from 1930, two years before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydneysiders have a long history of being cocky about ‘our harbour’.Whilst acknowledging the first Europeans settled on Eora land without a thought of its indigenous ownership, let alone a treaty, it is not difficult to imagine what Sydney harbour looked like before the settlement township evolved. With its many bays and inlets ‘Port Jackson’ has been described as one of the ‘most beautiful harbours in the world’. Its modern history, a short two hundred and thirty four years, has seen the harbour change to reflect a passing parade of history: convict penal settlement; entry point for countless pioneers, gold seekers and immigrants; exit point for soldiers and sailors off to war; a harbour transport system which once boasted the largest and busiest ferry service in the world; a place for seafaring recreation, and, of course, the setting for Sydney’s often-crazed real estate dreams and nightmares.Warren Fahey sails us through Sydney Harbour’s history explaining why it was called Port Jackson and, colloquially, as ‘Botany Bay’, how its maritime transport system evolved and how it gained a new life as a ‘working harbour’. He also guides us around the main harbour islands, providing their indigenous names and stories of their place in our colonial history.There are also tales of Sydney’s love of fireworks over the backdrop of the harbour - claiming, if Paris is the 'city of lights', then Sydney must be the ‘city of fireworks’. Lastly, there’s the place of the harbour’s two most significant man-made features, the iconic ‘Coathanger’ Bridge and Sydney Opera House.
The Flash Mob - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | An overview of Sydney’s ‘high life’ down through the decades from the Lord Mayor’s 1844 Fancy Dress Ball to dancing at the Trocadero and ‘fancy’ nightclubs of the fifties. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.
Till Death Do Us Part Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | A history of how Sydney has buried its dead - a fascinating procession. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.TILL DEATH DO US PART- The curious history of how Sydney has buried its dead.SynopsisBirth and death are part of a community’s lifecycle. On arrival, the First Fleeters, were faced with a litany of challenges: build accommodation, guarantee food supply, arrange medical care and see to the continuance of religious observation, including baptism to burial. This is the story of how Sydney has buried its dead for over 230 years and includes stories on the Old Burial Ground, the Devonshire Street Cemetery, Rookwood necropolis and other local cemeteries. It is also the story of funeral custom and tradition from funeral mutes to the mortuary railway that ran from Sydney central through to the centre of Rookwood.
Twenty Ways to Love Your City - Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-03-24 | Colloquial expressions, folklore and other nonsense relating to Sydneysiders and the Emerald City. This episode is part of the 'Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey' series.Sydney abounds with curious history. Some stories are known and many have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller Warren Fahey has created a dozen video stories of the city's past; each offering a unique slice of Sydney’s hidden history.Visit Warren's website: https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey features footage from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. It was created with assistance from the City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund and support of The Vine Foundation. The grants were under the auspice of the Folk Federation of New South Wales.TWENTY WAYS TO LOVE YOUR CITY- The curious story of Sydney’s colloquial slanguage.SynopsisWhat is a Sydneysider?We come from all points north, south, east and west. We celebrate our great ‘stew pot’ of over 250 ethnic and cultural groups and our main languages are English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Greek, Vietnamese and Slanguage. And we love to ‘take the piss out of ourselves’ - and others. This program takes a folklorist’s view of Sydney and its inhabitants. Warren Fahey has been collecting Sydney folklore for over fifty years.Easties live in the east - Double Pay, Bellejew Hill, Nose Bay, Bondi Junkland, The Bra, Slurry Hills, Darling-it-hurts, The ‘Loo, Betty Bay, Poof’s Point, and it’s naughty little sister, Kink’s Cross. Others prefer to be southies in ‘god’s own’ - The Shire - surf at Cronullfornina or travel the BBQ belt along Transylvania Waters.For some the inner west is home sweet home - Hippendale, Zootown, Marrickvile, Cankerberry, Trashfield and out to Stratty and Lebkemba. Take a right wrong turn and you end up headed for Effing and the Hills District: Baulkham Hillsong up to Pimple.Or you could head north to Mordor (anywhere over the bridge) to the North Snore, up the Wanker’s Parkway, through Chatswoo, and right up the Bilgola Bends to the Insular Peninsula Narra and Palmie. Then there’s the west, home of the famous westies although no one seems to know where the west starts or ends…— Directions - take the Middle Eastern Distributor past suburbs like Scramperdown, Hashfield, Burwoo, Vietnamatta (Stabramatta) and further afield to Gangstown, Scarrytown, Scrambletown and, as many of us know, the ‘other city’ - Parra Does’n’t-Matta.. Wherever you live - as several people have observed - including Norm Erskine and Paul Keating - “If you’re not living in Sydney - you’re camping out!”One thing’s for sure - we love slanguage and our colourful colloquial expressions.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 6 In flux Responsively Collecting Crises and Events in a Digita National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | In/flux: Responsively Collecting Crises and Events in a Digital WorldThis year has been defined by unprecedented change and action. Join a panel of GLAM experts as they explore how responsively collecting experiences in an increasingly digital world means working with – and in – a state of collection in/flux. Speakers will include Craig Middleton, Libby Cass and Vick Gwyn.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 5 Unlocking the full value of a collection by leveraging machine National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | Metadata Matters: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and the Road AheadWhat do The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, PBS, VideoFashion and the Boston Celtics all have in common? They are harnessing the power of machine learning and AI to create intelligent metadata, to work faster and unlock the full value of their collections.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 4 Media literacy in the machine learning era National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | Media Literacy in the Machine-learning EraIs seeing still believing? In 2020, deepfakes have gone mainstream, from a TV ad to a social media parlour game. These are benign examples that bely an alarming technological arms race occurring in the world of AI, one that includes the personal intrusion of technology and the amplification of sexual violence. Join this session to hear experts discuss the impact of machine-learning technology on our ability to critically assess media online, what problems and opportunities digital technology provides to help us identify this manipulation and what education tools are available to support digital media literacy.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 3 Connecting stories, language and culture across the country National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | Connecting Stories, Language, and Culture Across the CountryPeople. Place. Language. indigiTUBE is the online media platform by and for First Nations people, preserving language and culture for future generations. Jaja Dare amd Adam Dixon-Galea will be discussing digital diversity and inclusion, the rise of streaming and content consumption, as well as community engagement and cultural preservation. This session is an important window into the world of First Nations music, art and media.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 2 DNA Storage Science or Science Fiction National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | DNA Storage: Science or Science Fiction?The NFSA shares a world-first: storing video on synthetic DNA for archival purposes. Humans will soon produce more data than we can store, and managing data is expensive and resource-intensive. NFSA CEO Jan Muller and science journalist Bianca Nogrady will delve into this innovative, sustainable, long-term technology – 3.5 billion years in the making.
Digital Directions 2020 Session 1 Improving Discoverability of Culture Anytime, Anywhere National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-02-05 | Improving discoverability of culture, anytime, anywhere: a conversation with Barbara Moore, CEO, Biennale of SydneyHow can cultural institutions face our new reality with agility, optimism, and strategic use of technology? Join Barbara Moore, CEO, Biennale of Sydney as she shares her insights on adaptation, elasticity and the power of creativity to rewrite the rule book.
Australia Daze (1989) - NFSA Restores trailer National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2021-01-05 | The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has digitally restored the landmark documentary Australia Daze, which saw over 20 camera crews shooting footage for 24 hours on 26 January 1988, in order to capture the many facets of the Bicentenary of European settlement in Australia. Australia Daze is an observational documentary that provides a vast snapshot of Australian society. It contrasts the official Bicentennial celebrations with the protests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and captures a diversity of voices and views across Australian society. About NFSA Restores: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/nfsa-restoresWarning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this trailer and the corresponding film may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons.
Happy Holidays from the NFSA! National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2020-12-17 | We all know 2020 wasn't the best of years, so we dug deep into our collection to find the cutest, fluffiest koalas imaginable. We then asked them to help us wish happy holidays, merry Christmas and a healthy, happy 2021 to all our followers, clients and friends.Please remember that our offices, as well as our building in Canberra, will be closed from 25 December, reopening 4 January. In the meantime, go to our website and continue exploring our collection online. There is something for everyone: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curatedThank you for everything and see you again soon!Footage from Native Animals of Australia (c1934).
NFSALive BeDevil Curator Introduction National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2020-12-10 | Curatorial introduction by National Gallery of Australia Senior Curator, Photography, Shaune Lakin and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Chief Curator, Gayle Lake, before NFSA Livestream screening of Tracey Moffatt’s short film Other (2009) and feature film, BeDevil (1993).
Carriberrie 360° experience National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2020-11-19 | WARNING: Carriberrie may contain the names, images or voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.Carriberrie is a 360° experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance, from the traditional to the contemporary, set across stunning Australian landscapes. It features 156 dancers, 23 performances and 9 cultural groups and is available online now.carriberrieonline.com
NFSA preserves historic Australian Olympic win on DNA National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2020-09-25 | Cathy Freeman’s gold medal win at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games has been preserved for future generations using an innovative, sustainable, long term storage technology: synthetic DNA. This project is a world first, using emerging DNA data storage technology to preserve moving image for archival purposes. It is also the first Australian video ever to be encoded on DNA.This preservation initiative is a partnership between the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH).Read more: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/DNA© 2020 Images of Cathy Freeman and Olympic Games All rights reserved by International Olympic Committee.
Lighting the sails of the Sydney Opera House with Olympic gold National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) 2020-09-25 | For one night only, the sails of the Sydney Opera House were lit up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this iconic moment in Australia's sporting history and its preservation on DNA.Cathy Freeman won gold in the Women's 400m race at the Sydney Olympic Games on 25 September 2000. Twenty years later the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has preserved the video of the historic race for future generations using an innovative, sustainable, long term storage technology: synthetic DNA. This project is a world first, using emerging DNA data storage technology to preserve moving image for archival purposes. It is also the first Australian video ever to be encoded on DNA.This preservation initiative is a partnership between the NFSA and the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH).Read more: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/DNA© 2020 Images of Cathy Freeman and Olympic Games All rights reserved by International Olympic Committee. This footage shall only be used for personal/non-commercial purposes.
