TAGGED: 1970s
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Dot and the Kangaroo (1977), based on a children’s book by an English writer, Ethel Pedley, was the just the second animated feature film made in Australia. 

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This jingle was recorded in December 1974. It features a voice ID at the head identifying the track for Victorian Railways with an internal naming code of VRJ 101.

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This is a 30-second excerpt from the beginning of 'Stranger in My Country’, written and performed by Vic Simms.

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Greg Rowe was 11 years old when he was cast in the lead role of Mike, the title character in Storm Boy (Henri Safran, Australia, 1976).

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This serendipitous shot captured by photographer David Kynoch depicts the transitional stage where actors Sam Neill and Judy Davis are assuming their characters and director Gillian

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An international hit for John Paul Young in 1978, ‘Love Is in the Air’ reached No. 3 on the Australian charts, No. 5 in the UK and No. 7 in the US.

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Homicide, Australia’s first police drama series, premiered in Melbourne on HSV7 on 20 October 1964.

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Jack Thompson points a gun at the camera. Thompson played two different characters in Homicide in 1970; this photo is thought to be from Episode 264, All Correct.

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Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen), on the run from the police, goes to his sister’s (Marie Redshaw) place but she says he can’t stay.

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The Homicide team question friends of Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen) in an attempt to discover what he knows about the robbery.