TAGGED: 1960s
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Alan Matthews, a former RAF pilot, runs Sunraysia Air Taxis, an aerial taxi service in the Mildura region.

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Tim Bowden talks about how the introduction of TV in Australia in 1956 affected radio.

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Tim Bowden describes the popularity of radio dramas and soap operas in the 1950s and 60s, before television took over people's attention in the evenings.

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Writer Mac Gudgeon talks about the importance of Australian content on our screens – it reflects our culture and society. If we are unable to tell our stories, diversity will disappear.

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In this clip, Tim Bowden talks about the influential and groundbreaking early ABC current affairs program, This Day Tonight

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Barry Jones introduces his 3DB show and discusses road rules with a caller on the second day of legal talkback radio in Australia, 18 April 1967.

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In this teaser, leading in to Homicide’s opening title sequence, convict Edgar Thompson (Roy Alexander) is on the run after escaping from the prison farm at Beechworth.

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We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and Home Movie Day with footage of Australia's top overseas travel destinations.

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Jon Human was selected for the Australian Schoolboys Cricket Team of 1966–67.

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In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Max Merritt, he talks about being discovered by Harry M Miller in New Zealand after he stole the show as opening act for Johnny O'Keefe.