To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.

In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.

Mental As Anything music video for the song, 'Egypt'

Theatre program for musical Charlie Girl which premiered on 25 September 1971 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, starring Anna Neagle, Derek Nimmo and Johnny Farnham.

How have video games intersected with Australian popular culture since the 1970s?

Channel 7 footage from Elton John's Australian press conference in February 1974 ahead of his Australian concert tour. 

'Computer Games' was a No. 1 single in Australia by New Zealand band Mi-Sex, taken from their album Graffiti Crimes (1979).

In this episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, reporter Adam Bowen talks about pinball machines and video games with kids at an amusement parlour and the arcade's owner.

'Space Invaders' is a novelty song by Australians Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, recorded under the name Player One.