TAGGED: Melbourne
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Binny Lum head and shoulders portrait by Broothorn Studios in Melbourne, 1955.

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Poster for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival held in March 2004.

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Gerard Maguire (Jim Fletcher), Patsy King (Erica Davidson), George Mallaby (Paul Reid) shooting a scene at the Wentworth Detention Centre gate.

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In 1925 Wocord released the first disc recordings made in Australia.

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Wocord didn’t last long, as their 'indestructible’ records were made with a cardboard base covered in a thin layer of flexible plastic which disintegrated when it got wet and the records would not

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The Pianola Company, 252 Collins St, in Melbourne also sold the Aeolian Vocalion range of record players and had 'Complete Stocks of the Worlds Best Artists in Vocal and Instrumental Music’.

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Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia, 50 years ago on 3 February 1967.

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This unedited newsreel footage from 1934 includes a speech given by the Duke of Gloucester on the steps of Parliament House.

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Debbie Reynolds dances with Mike 'Shirley Temple' Williams, floor manager, followed by an interview with presenter Mike Walsh, in this 1979 episode of the Australian program.

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Debbie Reynolds performs 'Gee, But It's Good to Be Here' (from the musical HAPPY HUNTING) on THE MIKE WALSH SHOW episode 9190, broadcast on 13 November 1979.