Women were finally employed as full-time television camera assistants from the late 1970s.

When Jenni Meaney entered the ABC in Sydney in March 1980 as a camera assistant, she was the only woman working in camera or sound.

Claire Lupton interviewed by Jeannine Baker, 2018.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview by Jeannine Baker in 2018, cameraperson Claire Lupton, née Harrison, recalls covering a light plane crash near Merimbula, at a time when there was lit

Jen Ward on the roof of ATN-7’s news cruiser.

Judy Johnston operating a camera at a BBC training course, circa. 1965. Supplied by Judy Johnston.

John Meillion being filmed riding a horse on a merry-go-round for the episode, Luna Park.

The Skippy crew set up on a scaffold to film an axeman chopping a large tree. This is a scene from the episode, The Axeman.

Skippy crew filming Ed Devereaux and Tony Bonner in a scene where they aid a truck driver after an accident. This episode, Summer Storm, was written by Ed Devereaux.

Skippy crew filming at Ranger Headquarters, Waratah National Park for the episode, Double Trouble.