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Tagged: 1970s
Exhibition
Storm Boy, the classic Australian film based on Colin Thiele's novel, is now 40 years old.
Collection
According to prolific cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith, Ozploitation is 'genre homage through an Australian lens: boisterous, anti-authoritarian, wide angle'.
Trenchard-Smith should know – he made...
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The art of poster-making flourished in Poland following the Second World War. There were two main state institutions that commissioned artists to create posters: Film Polski (Polish Film) and...
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See the funniest, most splendiferous and bizarre moments on a show that had five million Aussies a week turning on their TV sets in the 1970s and 80s.
Host Mike Walsh AM OBE entertains viewers with a...
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For a generation of Australian music fans, Cold Chisel are the Aussie pub rock band who broke the mould and whose songs are celebrated as anthems.
Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide, South Australia in...
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‘MIRANDAAAAAA!’
When asked to name five Australian films, from any time, many people include Picnic at Hanging Rock in their list. A key factor in its enduring appeal is its plot – the mysterious...
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Homicide, Australia’s first police drama series, premiered in Melbourne on HSV7 on 20 October 1964.
The landmark Crawford Productions' series profiled murder cases handled by the fictional detectives...
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Thirty years ago, on 11 December 1986, one of Australia’s most addictive soap operas came to an end after 692 episodes.
Millions tuned in to Prisoner to see whether Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson would...
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This collection of Cadbury advertisements provides a wonderful snapshot of the changing attitudes towards dating, romance and fun in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Early Cadbury Milk Tray...
Article
Photographs, news and home movie footage capture the excitement of the opening of the Sydney Opera House, 45 years ago on 20 October 1973.