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Tagged: 1960s
Collection Stories
We take a fond look back at the 1960s TV series that captured the country's imagination and showcased Australia to the world.
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Relive the life and music of the Wild One - Australia's king of rock'n'roll, Johnny O'Keefe.
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The NFSA is celebrating TV game shows – from the popular and long-running family favourites to the cult classics.
Game shows and quiz shows have been an integral part of Australian television since...
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To mark the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland, we present highlights from previous Australian Commonwealth Games.
Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It...
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John, Paul, George and Ringo – The Beatles – have held a place in the hearts of Australian music fans for decades.
The level of excitement and hysteria that came with Beatlemania, particularly when...
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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.
It saw the birth of the civil rights movement, greater moves towards equality for women in the...
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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.
Early Cadbury Milk Tray...
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Delight in this elegant sample of cinema and TV ads from the 1920s to 1960s for Australian underwear brand Berlei.
The collection also includes beautiful hand-coloured glass slides used to train...
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The first program broadcast on Adelaide television station SAS10 on 26 July 1965 was The Bobo Show, starring Charles ‘Hal’ Turner as Bobo the Clown.
When Turner appeared in public as Bobo, he was...
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Go!! helped launch the 0-10 television network in 1964 and was ‘Australia’s swingin’est teenage show’.
Go!! was ranked number 10 in the ’50 Top Moments’ of Network Ten’s 50 Years Young special which...