TAGGED: 1960s
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For film fans, it's not just about the celluloid but also the memorabilia that connects them to a favourite movie, actor or genre.

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If you look closely, you can see the 3AK name on this desk microphone from 1965. This mic would have been used in the studio, making it a small but important piece of radio history. 

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Beatlemania was real in 1964. Mass hysteria was inescapable when the Fab Four visited Australia on a whirlwind tour of just 13 days.

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This ticket roll is from 1960, when the Capitol Theatre in Canberra's Manuka was still in its heyday. Each patron would have received an 'Admit One' ticket to gain access to the building.

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Tedd Dunn designed and wore this 1969 Fredd Bear costume on the Breakfast-A-Go-Go show.

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You know fandom has reached astronomical levels when your likeness is carved from an unhusked coconut.

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Amateur moviemakers could splice these animated ‘The End’ sequences into their creations to give them a professional feel.

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This is the record sleeve for the 1963 release of Jimmy Little's hit single 'Royal Telephone', which transformed him into a household name. 'Royal Telephone’ was a No.

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This is a puppet of the boy Peter, who was just one of eight puppets used in the 1964 educational ABC children's program Peter and the Professor.

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In 1960, a child watches the TVT6 test broadcast on a Fringemaster TV set in Lauceston, Tasmania.