In this interview, Charles Perkins gives his own account of his early life in Alice Springs and Adelaide, his youth as a soccer star, his work on behalf of Aboriginal people and his vision for the

Episode 1 of the Life in Australia series.

Its famous Opera House was still under construction, but Australia's largest city was already a busy metropolis in 1966.

Its famous Opera House was still under construction, but Australia's largest city was already a busy metropolis in 1966.

Its famous Opera House was still under construction, but Australia's largest city was already a busy metropolis in 1966.

The NFSA has made available episodes of the 1960s Life in Australia series from the Film Australia Collection in stunning 4K HD.

Ex-serviceman and milliner John Pickworth of Hunters Hill, Sydney shows his creation – a hat that can be worn three ways.

The hat is made from wool georgette.

Above the tip of Cape York, beyond the northern-most point of the Australian continent, are the Torres Strait Islands.

The life of Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2011) is a story of triumph against the odds.

Until the age of nine, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks lived on remote Utopia Station in the Northern Territory where she learnt the Aboriginal laws of her tribe, the Anmatjere people.