TAGGED: 1960s
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This is colour home movie footage of the closing ceremony of the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Perth on 1 December 1962.

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This Movietone News newsreel highlights the attractions of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in the early 1960s.

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2UE's top forty chart for 10 November 1962.

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Poster promoting Top Forty Countdown on only on 2UE.

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A look at the creation of the iconic 'Louie the Fly' jingle, named by the NFSA in 2017 as one of the Sounds of Australia.

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Bob and Dolly Dyer welcome the audience and introduce the first contestants. Dentist Raleigh Matthews is defending his win and prizes from the previous week’s show.

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Bob and Dolly Dyer welcome the audience and introduce the first contestants. Dentist Raleigh Matthews is defending his win and prizes from the previous week’s show.

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NFSA staff unpack a blue dress, as worn in The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, Australia, 2012). 

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We're sharing a rare clip of Johnny O'Keefe, Dusty Springfield, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, and Brian Poole and The Tremeloes performing together on Australian TV.

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BBQ-themed episode of the country music program, hosted by Reg Lindsay.