TAGGED: 1970s
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An image from Wake in Fright featuring four men aiming rifles: (left-right) Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon, Gary Bond as John Grant, Peter Whittle as Joe and Jack Thompson as Dick.

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Felicity Bannister (Kerry Walker) has told her parents she has been raped by a prowler, but she has refused to be examined by the family doctor.

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The film crew for An Introduction to Motor Cycling had to improvise with their equipment to capture the full experience of riding a motorbike.

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This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country traces the very start of Alberto's Circus and Zoo back to the late 1800s when the Perry family swapped their western Queensland pu

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This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country covers the Tasmanian leg of Alberto's Circus' travels across Australia.

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The Akubra hat – with beer-can ringpull hatband – worn by Peter Whittle (Joe) in Wake in Fright (1971).

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The NFSA celebrates Australian rock music journalist Lillian Roxon with an online curated collection featuring her work in radio.

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Dubbed 'the mother of rock', Lillian Roxon was the most influential rock journalist in the world from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

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On 27 February 1979, one of Australia’s most addictive soap operas debuted on Network Ten.

It finally came to an end after nearly eight years and 692 episodes, on 11 December 1986.