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Oldest Australian film found and restored

Patineur Grotesque is Australia’s oldest comic film. (National Film and Sound Archive)

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The earliest known surviving film to be shot in Australia, featuring a rollerskater performing on a street in Melbourne, has been found and restored.
The comic sequence, Patineur Grotesque (Humorous Rollerskater), was shot by [...]

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Self-taught photographer wins portrait prize

By Siobhan Heanue
Updated 51 minutes ago

It was the “power of the subject’s gaze” that won over judges.

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It is often assumed that to win one of the high-profile art prizes offered in Australia, you have to be a well-established artist – or at least an up-and-coming professional with a strong foothold in the [...]

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