TAGGED: early Australian television
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In this clip from an oral history interview with Jeannine Baker, Babette Smith reflects on typical gendered roles in television in the 1970s, and the barriers to women advancing to decision-making

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Babette Smith had worked at the Elizabethan Theatre Trust and for theatrical producer Harry M Miller on rock musical Hair, before starting at TCN9 Sydney in 1973 as an assistant producer o

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An excerpt from Women at the Top with Dr Grace Cuthbert Browne, Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare in the NSW Public Health Department.

Produced by Joyce Belfrage, 1959.

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End credits of Spotlight featuring singer Paul Robeson.

Produced by Joyce Belfrage, 1960.

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Judy Johnston was hired by ATN7 Sydney in 1961 after completing a TAFE course in TV production.

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Claire Lupton interviewed by Jeannine Baker, 2018.

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In this excerpt from an oral history interview by Jeannine Baker in 2018, cameraperson Claire Lupton, née Harrison, recalls covering a light plane crash near Merimbula, at a time when there was lit

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This image features Pat ‘Billie’ Teare, who joined NBN3 Newcastle in 1962 as a film handler. She soon took on the role of videotape operator due to her aptitude with machinery.

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This is an excerpt of a 1980 oral history interview by Graham Shirley with Margaret (Maggie) Cardin – one of the ABC’s first film editors. 

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Excerpt from oral history interview with Val Byth by Brendan Horgan in 2000.