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There's more to Newcastle than coal mining and steel.
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These curated collections of vintage videos bring Australia's capital cities to life.
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Ballarat is home to the gold rush and the Eureka Rebellion, two seminal events that shaped Australia's national story.
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The NFSA has a number of home movies of Gold Coast holidays. This clip from the 1970s is an excerpt from home movies shot by Eileen Smith. It features Jack Evans' Porpoise Pool, Bullen's Lion Park,...
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This clip from Australian Diary No. 083 shows the popular beach version of the hokey-pokey that attracted crowds of up to 300 people and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where flocks of lorikeets...
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A look at the Canberra Day parade 1978, shot by then CTC7 cameraman Neil Johnston. Cartoonist Larry Pickering was crowned King of Canberra that year, and dunked by Minister Ken Fry.
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This lighthearted newsreel story tells of a police raid on a Gold Coast pyjama party in 1959.
Bernie Elsey, a member of the Surfers Paradise Progress Association and owner of the Beachcomber Private...
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This silent newsreel clip shows people sunbaking on the Gold Coast. Warm temperatures and golden sands were a magnet to holidaymakers from the 1950s onwards, swelling the population from around 21,...
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As seen in this Ten Townsville News report, the Floating Chapel was the first of its kind in the world, cost half a million to dollars to build and is based on a 17th century structure.
It was...
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The whale in this news report was fortunate to be rescued by a diving team from Sea World after it got caught in a shark net off the Gold Coast.
Each year, from April to November, whales migrate from...
