TAGGED: 1970s
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In a 2012 oral history interview with Wendy Stapleton for the NFSA, Michael Gudinski talks about launching the Mushroom label with the groundbreaking triple LP Sunbury 1973: The Great Aust

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In a 2012 oral history interview with Wendy Stapleton for the NFSA, Michael Gudinski talks about the first big hit for the Mushroom label in 1974, the Skyhook’s LP Living in the 70s, which

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Some of the most distinctive examples of Australian film music are the panpipe pieces by the Romanian folk musician Gheorghe Zamfir in Picnic at Hanging Rock.

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The Mad Max films include some of the most compelling music on Australian celluloid.

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Sea World founder Keith Williams (1929–2011) talks about its origins as a waterski show. Sea World opened on the Gold Coast on 30 October 1971.

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Listen to a Q&A with the director of documentary Brazen Hussies (2020), Catherine Dwyer and influential feminist Elizabeth Reid.

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This audio clip is an excerpt from an oral history interview with Vic Simms, Aboriginal musician and songwriter.

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In January 2020, Lorna Lesley interviewed Simon Burke for the NFSA's Oral History program. Burke is one of Australia’s most beloved stars of film, TV, and theatre.

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Producer/presenter/journalist Jeffrey James donated a collection of television and radio material from his earliest days in the industry, including umatic videotapes of 1970s Saturday morning ATN-7

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Toecutter, portrayed by Hugh Keays-Byrne, is the main antagonist in Mad Max and the ruthless leader of a merciless motorcycle gang terrorising the outback