TAGGED: 1950s
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Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth), sitting by an open window, gazes out dreamily. Her adoptive mother (Betty Suttor), eventually comes to stand by her side.

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Marbuck (Robert Tudawali) and Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth) are in a cave. Marbuck, gradually losing his mind, begins to hallucinate.

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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.

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In this episode of the 1958 radio series Phantom Time, husband and wife Lewis and Thelma Waring receive a visit from a mysterious stranger while on their Christmas holidays in a remote cottage in t

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A popular entertainment in Australia during the 1950s was Square Dancing, and just about any song could be turned into a square dance call.

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An excerpt from 'Shout', a cover version of The Isley Brothers' song, and Johnny's first big hit.

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Stirling Moss, English Formula One racing driver, interviewed by Binny Lum in 1958.

Published courtesy of Sharon Terry and Geoff Charter.

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Join Richard on a train trip from Murray Bridge to Adelaide! A junior school film in the Social Studies series, primarily designed to assist teachers to explain the ticket's system.

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In 1955, Johnny heard 'Rock Around the Clock’, performed by Bill Haley and His Comets on the soundtrack to the movie Blackboard Jungle. It changed his life forever.

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Amber Mae Cecil stars as Chichi in the serial Life Can be Beautiful, also starring Roger Climpson and Lou Vernon.