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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.

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Barry Humphries’ recording career has paralleled his stage and screen activities.

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In this excerpt from a 1978 episode of Nightmoves, presenter Peter Grace reviews Cold Chisel's self-titled debut album which was released in April 1978.

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This sequence describes the impact of the 1960s development of the Sydney skyline on the work of labourers building its new skyscrapers. Summary by Susan Lambert.

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Aunt Edna (Barry Humphries) takes Bazza (Barry Crocker) to meet distant upper class relatives, the penniless and pompous Gorts.

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'Khe Sanh' was the first Cold Chisel single and remains a popular anthem about the Australian experience of the Vietnam War and the lingering after effects on those who served there.

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A look at the Canberra Day parade 1978, shot by then CTC7 cameraman Neil Johnston. Cartoonist Larry Pickering was crowned King of Canberra that year, and dunked by Minister Ken Fry.
 

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This single was released by Asylum Records in 1977. The B side contained the track 'Pamela’s Song'.

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A portrait of Jeff St John, taken in the late 1970’s, by unknown photographer.

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We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.