TAGGED: 1980s
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The trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain (Meryl Streep and Sam Neill) begins at a court in Darwin. Lindy’s pregnancy is the source of much media attention.

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‘Old Time Christmas’ is a traditional bush ballad chronicling an Australian Christmas from a bygone era.

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'Frosty the Snowman' appears on Patsy’s Biscoe’s fifth album, Patsy’s Christmas Album.

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'There’s No Snow Here (At Christmas Time)' is a Christmas song paying homage to our Southern Hemisphere festive style.

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This retro Woman's Day TV ad from 1982 uses race-calling to sell issues during Melbourne Cup week.

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‘Solid Rock’ deals with issues of land rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and was the lead single from Goanna’s debut studio album, Spirit of Place.

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Ice skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean pose like any other tourists with the iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House behind them.

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Still from Starstruck (1982), featuring Geoffrey Rush.

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This item from GMV6 News 1989 records the 10th anniversary performance of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and outlines its future funding concerns.

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This National Nine News report follows the fatal shooting of two young police officers, Steven Tynan (aged 22) and Damian Eyre (20), on a routine call to Walsh St, South Yarra in Melbourn