TAGGED: 1960s
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When Ronald Ryan was sentenced to death in 1966, it sparked debate across the community with politicians and religious authorities making statements for and against capital punishment.

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During Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker's escape from Pentridge Prison in December 1965, warder George Hodson was shot dead.

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Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Rescue Me'. 

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Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Dancing in the Street.' 

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In 1977, Johnny O'Keefe talks about having a nervous breakdown in 1965 and being dropped from his television show on the Seven Network.

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'Wild One’ from the album Johnny’s Golden Album, Festival Records FM6005.

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The most unusual Johnny O'Keefe song in the NFSA collection is a recording of him singing 'To Love’ in Greek ('Na agapas’).

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Johnny O’Keefe performing for the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1969.

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Binny Lum reports from Annabel's Nightclub in London in 1964 and talks to dinner guests including John Siddeley, 3rd Baron Kenilworth, his wife Jacqueline, Commander Michael Parker and his wife Car