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The disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt, on 17 December 1967, remains one of Australia’s greatest mysteries.
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In a national broadcast Prime Minister Curtin announces that Australia is now at war with Japan.
Summary by Maryanne Doyle
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The Hon. John Howard PM opens the NFSA's new extension and launches the new organisations identity, ScreenSound Australia.
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One of Canberra’s, and Australia’s, most dramatic events was the reading of the proclamation of the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government on the steps of Parliament House on 11 November 1975....
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Kylie Minogue – the highest selling Australian-born artist of all time – is inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2011.
Having known her for most of her career, an emotional Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum is...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008. Interwoven are the personal experiences of Sue Gordon AM of...
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This cinema ad for the 1946 federal election encourages Australians to stay with the Labor Party, which has successfully led the country through the end of the Second World War. The clip shows the ad...
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The first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton, was born in Sydney on 18 January 1849 and qualified as a lawyer from the University of Sydney after lecturing in Classics. A passionate...
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Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula has become a place of pilgrimage for many Australians.
For the centenary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in 2015, over 10,000 people made the...
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Prime Minister Bob Hawke presents Simon Townsend with an award for the 1000th episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!.
With the Australian national anthem playing in the background, the prime...