This is a 30-second black-and-white television advertisement from 1959 for Cadbury’s Crunchie chocolate bar.

This advertisement for Schweppes carbonated drinks and fruit cordials features a series of social occasions in which people enjoy the beverages.

A glass slide promoting Robert Menzies for election as prime minister with caption `Which leader for Australia?' and the name of his political opponent, Labor Party leader HV Evatt, crossed ou

A cinema advertisement for Sennitt’s Ice Cream with the popular Melbourne radio announcers Nicky (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Graham (Kennedy).

A children’s chorus promotes the health properties of Vegemite, a popular Australian yeast spread, in this radio jingle from the late 1950s.

Christmas is celebrated in the middle of the Australian summer under a blazing sun. But even in the heat it is a season for traditional things; for family affairs and meeting with friends.

A pet rabbit and a dog are guests at a tea party.

This segment from Australian Colour Diary 4 is about a ceremony held at the Victorian Shrine of Remembrance to honour those who made the supreme sacrifice during the First and Se

Johnny O’Keefe first visited America in November 1959, convinced he could make it in the birthplace of rock 'n’ roll.

This collection of Cadbury advertisements provides a wonderful snapshot of the changing attitudes towards dating, romance and fun in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s.