TAGGED: 1960s
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'Hong Kong – marketplace of the Orient; city of million lights; exotic, colourful, fascinating.

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'Jet there by BOAC, world leader in jet travel.'

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‘New formula Castrol with liquid tungsten conquers the outback run.’

Jack Grimsley composed the orchestral jingle for Castrol motor oil with liquid tungsten in 1962.

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In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Jack Grimsley, he discusses his move to Sydney and working with Bob Gibson on several radio shows.

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Jack Grimsley composed this ‘Opening sequence’ theme music for Personality Squares, along with a range of incidental music for the show, including: 'Match Win', 'Mystery Square Fanfare' an

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This short newsreel clip marks the return of the 'Rockhampton Rocket', world No. 1 tennis player Rod Laver, to Brisbane in 1962.

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On 20 October 1966, United States President Lyndon B Johnson arrived in Australia for the first ever Presidential visit to Australia.

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Pages from The National Times newspaper on 7 December 1984. The article highlighted is about Simon Townsend and his stance against conscription during the Vietnam War.

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Front page of The National Times newspaper from 7 December 1984, featuring a headline for a story about 'the activist leaders of the 60s'.

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According to this short newsreel segment from 1962, 'the biggest football crowds of over 100,000 flock to Australia's own special brand of football'.