TAGGED: 1960s
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The discovery of two bodies along the banks of the Lane Cover River on New Year's Day, 1963 was the beginning of one of Australia's most strange and perplexing mysteries.

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Nearly 25 years after the disappearance of the three Beaumont children – Jane, Arnna and Grant – from an Adelaide beach on 26 January 1966, police agree to follow up on tips from clairvoy

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Johnny O'Keefe performs 'When the Saints Go Marching In' on The Liverpool Sound with visiting overseas stars Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, and Gerry &

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Winifred Atwell plays 'Waltzing Matilda' on the piano while construction workers at the Sydney Opera House site loo

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This film was made in 1965 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in 1915.

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The North Sydney Orpheum Theatre is demolished in 1962 to make way for the construction of the Warringah Expressway. A map illustrates the first section of the planned route from the Sydn

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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.

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'Movietone recalls news highlights of an eventful year ...

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This news item concerns the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney on 1 January 1963.

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In February 1965, Dr 'Kumantjayi’ (Charlie) Perkins AO led students from the University of Sydney on a 'freedom ride’ through rural NSW to expose racial segregation in Australia.