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Tagged: 1960s

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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
We take a fond look back at the 1960s TV series that captured the country's imagination and showcased Australia to the world.
Collection Stories
Johnny O'Keefe
Relive the life and music of the Wild One - Australia's king of rock'n'roll, Johnny O'Keefe.
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1960s Australia – fashion, pop culture and events
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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Vintage Cadbury Chocolate Ads
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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The Beatles
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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100 years of Berlei
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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Bobo the Clown
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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The Go!! Show
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...
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Life in Australia series
In the 1960s, the Australian government created Life in Australia as a marketing tool to sell potential 'New Australians' from Europe the idea of a prosperous, happy life down under. All 12 films...
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Harold Holt: The missing prime minister
Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared at Cheviot Beach, Victoria on 17 December 1967. No trace of him was ever found and the case remains one of Australia’s greatest mysteries. How could the leader...
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