The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.
It saw the birth of the civil rights movement, greater moves towards equality for women in the workplace and the beginnings of legal recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
A US President visited these shores for the first time and an Australian prime minister disappeared. Humankind walked on the moon and Beatlemania swept the nation. We converted to decimal currency and created a TV show about a kangaroo that was seen around the world.
These amazing Kodachrome slides from Dave’s old slides captured street scenes of Australia in the 1960s.
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| Lucky Owl Casket Shop (lottery agency) at 160 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Australia, circa 1960 |
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| Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960 |
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| Canberra Airport, Australia, circa 1963 |
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| Man and Minneapolis-Moline tractor, Australia, 1964 |
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| Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, 1964 |
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| Tram at Ballarat, Australia, 1964 |
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| Tram at Bendigo, Australia, 1964 |
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| Tram at Bridge Street, Ballarat, Australia, 1964 |
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| Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, 1964 |
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| New South Head Road, Sydney, Australia, 1965 |
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| New South Head Road, Sydney, Australia, 1965 |
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| TAA Boeing 727-76, VH-TJA ‘James Cook’, at Adealide, 1965 |
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| TAA Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Terminal, Australia, 1965 |
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| Tourists at the ‘Memorial to Armour’, AC3 Thunderbolt cruiser tank BK A H88, Mount Pleasant, Canberra, Australia, 1965 |
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| Collins Street with a Mark II Cortina, Melbourne, Australia, 1968 |
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| Lower Fort Street, Sydney, Australia, 1968 |
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| Sydney Opera House under construction, Australia, 1968 |
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| Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, around Christmas 1969 |
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| Brisbane, Australia, 1969 |
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| Hotel Civic, Canberra, Australia. The hotel was built in 1935 and demolished 1984-5. It stood on the corner of Alinga Street and Northbourne Avenue, 1969 |
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| Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, Sydney, circa 1960s |
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| Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Old Sydney Showground, Australia, circa 1960s |
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| Pioneer Express coach at Morundah Hotel, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1960s |