This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in the mid 1960s.

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 has made 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.

A semi-dramatised account of a British migrant arriving in Australia and setting up a home.  

Explore the beauty of Perth, Western Australia and surrounds in this collection of footage covering 1907 to 1972.

Life in Cairns is 'sort of relaxed', says the narrator.

From 7 inhabitants in 1850 to 7,000 a century later, Geraldton was 'on the move' in the 1960s!

Please note: Some of the films in the Life in Australia series are temporarily unavailable while we