THE WOMEN WHO MADE AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION PART 2 – Behind the Scenes: Women Technicians | NFSA

THE WOMEN WHO MADE AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION PART 2

BY JEANNINE BAKER

This is the second article in a 5-part series on women’s contribution to early Australian television production.This series was made possible with the generous support of the Media Studies Commission of FIAT/IFTA, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Seven Network, Nine Network, Network 10, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Library Sales.

This is the second article in a 4-part series on women’s contribution to early Australian television production.

In the early years of Australian television, numerous women excelled in technical areas of production, including editing, camera, videotape and telecine.

This silent 1969 film of the inner workings of Adelaide’s first television station NWS9 shows women performing a range of secretarial and technical jobs, including film editing:

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