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TAGGED: Sydney
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Lesbian and Gay Rights Protests of 1978

Guest contributor Diane Minnis looks back at news file footage of the seminal lesbian and gay rights protests that followed the first Mardi Gras in Sydney, 1978.

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McDonagh sisters' filming locations in 1920s Sydney

Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?

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The Commonwealth Games

This collection presents highlights from Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006.

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A Nation is Built - Daybill Poster

Poster for the 1938 NSW Government film A Nation is Built (Frank Hurley) featuring an Aboriginal man with a shield and spear standing with a sailing ship behind him, above is a British sol

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RePlay: Life in Australia: Sydney 1966 - Clip 1

This segment from Life in Australia: Sydney 1966 features swimmers and sunbathers at Bondi Beach on a hot day.

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The Man From Hong Kong Lobby Card - 'Hang-gliding'

This lobby card from The Man From Hong Kong (1975) shows lead actor Jimmy Wang Yu (1943–2022) getting ready to hang-glide from the rooftop of a tall building in Sydney.

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Cinesound's Sydney Harbour Bridge scoop

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932, Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

'The Coathanger', as the bridge is affectionately known, opened on 19 March 1932.

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Vale the Prince Edward

An edition of the nightly 15-minute Network Ten current affairs program Telescope, featuring a story on the last days of the Prince Edward Theatre in Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

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Orpheum Theatre Dog Shows, Sydney

Children with their dogs gather outside the Orpheum Theatre in North Sydney and the nearby Cremorne Orpheum on Military Road, Cremorne in Sydney.