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This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in the mid 1960s.
An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988.
'Come over to the sunny side [of the globe] now'. Directed at British citizens, this UK television advertisement promotes migration to Australia in 1967.
Gustav Kovacs Home Movie, Migrating to Western Australia, 1951.
Its famous Opera House was still under construction, but Australia's largest city was already a busy metropolis in 1966.
Episode 1 of the Life in Australia series.
The NFSA is now making available episodes of the 1960s Life in Australia series from the Film Australia Collection in stunning 4K HD.
Three siblings starred in a film. Forty years later, they watched themselves on screen for the first time.
