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Tagged: 1970s
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On 27 January 2018 the NFSA screened the digital restoration of the iconic Australian film Sunday Too Far Away and hosted a Q&A afterwards with producer Matt Carroll, cinematographer Geoff Burton...
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This excerpt of an ABC radio interview consists of a first-hand account from a survivor of Cyclone Tracy – ABC radio news journalist Mike Hayes. In it, Hayes speaks off-the-cuff to fellow journalist...
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In this radio interview with director George Miller from 1979, film critic Tom Ryan (3RRR, Melbourne) initially suggests Mad Max (1979) is a comedy more than a horror film.
Miller sounds...
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This is Passing the Bach, the opening track on the Don Burrows Quartet’s seminal jazz album ‘Just the Beginning’ (1971).
Summary by Brenda Gifford
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'Space Invaders' is a novelty song by Australians Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, recorded under the name Player One.
The song is based on the hugely successful video game Space Invaders, released by...
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An unofficial anthem of Australian Rules football, ‘Up There Cazaly’ was written by Mike Brady to promote Channel Seven's coverage of the Victorian Football League. It was performed by the Two-Man...
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‘You're the One That I Want’ was written by Australian John Farrar for the 1978 film adaptation of the stage musical Grease. It was performed by lead actors Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta and...
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'Save at Malvern Star Stores – they’re the best, with lower prices than the rest. One-hundred-and-fifty stores across the nation, Australia’s biggest discount organisation. Save at Malvern Star...
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'You’re so frightfully fashionable. You’ve got impeccable taste. You’re so smart, so suave, so superior, you’re the cream of the human race…'
Radio 2CH in Sydney released one of the more unusual...
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This ‘Traffic report’ theme music was composed by Jack Grimsley and released as part of the rebranded Radio 2CH in 1970.
Radio 2CH called their on-air team 'The Snob Mob', proclaiming their station...