TAGGED: 1980s
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Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) dreams of her childhood. Aged four, Linda (Kristine Marshall) wanders through the deserted hallways of Montclare.

Summary by Richard Kuipers

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Jamie Lee Curtis in a publicity still for Roadgames (Richard Franklin, Australia, 1981).

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Production still from The Newsreader with Anna Torv and Sam Reid

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This video montage celebrates the 50th anniversary of Young Talent Time's first episode on 24 April 1971.

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This Joyce Mayne ad from 1989 contains multiple layers of delight for retro ad lovers.

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Filmmaker and photographer Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia's most nationally and internationally successful artists, having held around 100 solo exhibitions of her work in Europe, the

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Dame Edna Everage entertains a studio jam-packed with Australian celebrities in 1986.

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Two of Barry Humphries' alter egos – Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson – star in the 1987 film Les Patterson Saves the World (George T Miller, Australia).

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Dame Edna Everage has a strong fan base in England. Just as she loves to show up the cultural quirks of Australia and Australians, she also has a friendly dig at the 'Poms' – the English.

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This is an excerpt of a radio broadcast on the day Dame Edna Everage cheerfully took over the airwaves on Dean Banks' morning show on station 2CC on 23 February 1984.