TAGGED: 1960s
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This newsreel clip shows Junior Hardcourt Champion Tony Roche in a practice game with professional champion Lew Hoad.

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'Christmas Kangaroo' was released in 1964 by the Australian travelling country music family The Blanches. The song was written by Arthur and Bernice and performed by their daughter, Jewel.

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‘Carol of the Birds’ is from the album Australian Christmas Carols and performed by the South Australia Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Singers.

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Made by the TV program's production company Fauna Production Pty Ltd, this is the official children's tea set for Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo.

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Chips Rafferty and Ed Devereaux taking a break with a cup of tea during filming of the episode, No Trespassers.

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John Meillion being filmed riding a horse on a merry-go-round for the episode, Luna Park.

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The Skippy crew set up on a scaffold to film an axeman chopping a large tree. This is a scene from the episode, The Axeman.

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Skippy crew filming Ed Devereaux and Tony Bonner in a scene where they aid a truck driver after an accident. This episode, Summer Storm, was written by Ed Devereaux.

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Skippy crew filming at Ranger Headquarters, Waratah National Park for the episode, Double Trouble.

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The Skippy production crew: Cinematographers from left to right are: John Leake, Keith Loone, Graham Lind, Peter Menzies (Director of Photography), Bill Grimmond, Bob Wright, Eddie Waddell (the cam