Made by the National Film Board 1953. Port Augusta, South Australia, is distinctly an individual town with a character all its own.

Once a week the Tea and Sugar Train leaves Port Augusta and heads west along the Nullarbor with all the supplies needed by the track maintenance workers and their families that live along the route

This ginger cat puppet, named Amanda, appeared on Australian television in the late 1950s.

A portrait of the sub-tropical city of Brisbane, Queensland in the mid 1950s.

Surf Patrol shows the work of volunteer life-savers in the 1950s, patrolling Australia's dangerous surf beaches.

Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?

Wire recorder made of sheet steel, silver and brown powder coated, including microphone made of brown painted cast aluminium.

Off white portable radio with two small circular dials and HMV logo in centre bottom. Approximate size: 260mmx80mmx160mm. Manufactured 1950.

A Town Like Alice premiered in Australia on 24 July 1956 and celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2016.

Watch three amateur films from the 1950s and 60s on the theme of 'fashion’.