Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Sydney Fifty Years Ago
Sydney is the capital city and most populous city in the state of New South Wales, Australia and Oceania. Sydney enhanced its position as an education capital of the Western Pacific during the postwar period. In 1967, Australia Square Tower…
Amazing Kodachrome Slides Capture Street Scenes of Australia in the 1960s
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…
On March 1, 1975: Australian Television Stations Officially Moved to Color
In February 1972 the Australian Government announced that all Australian TV stations would convert to color in March 1975. The transition to color TV was expected to cost the ABC around $46 million and the commercial channels $70 million. Some…
Amazing Photos of Beaches in New South Wales Around 1900
New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The…
Sydney Teenagers of the 1940s
These vintage photographs are from July 6 1946 issue of Australian magazine PIX. Taken by Ray Olson they are illustrating an article about teenagers entitled “Where Is Youth Heading?” A year after the end of World War Two the magazine was…
36 Vintage Photos of Melbourne in the 1970s .hh
Melbourne is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. The city occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into…
Wonderful Life of Australia in the Early 1950s Through a Bushwalker’s Lens .hh
Here below is a set of beautiful pics from Janette Asche taken by her father that shows wonderful life of Australia (mostly in New South Wales and Tasmania) in the early 1950s. New South Wales. Uncle Ross Webb at Yarramundi, 1952 New…
Sydney in the Early 1980s Through Fascinating Photos
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia’s east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) towards…
Hot Pants: One of the Sexiest Fashion Styles of All Times
Hot pants, or ‘short shorts’ describe extremely short shorts, which may be worn by women or to a lesser extent, by men. The term was first used by Women’s Wear Daily in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics such as…
Kylie Minogue Talks Sex And Drugs As She Opens Up About ‘Doomed’ Romance With Michael Hutchence
“He was a dark bad boy and I was the pure good girl”. Kylie Minogue has spoken candidly about her relationship with Michael Hutchence in a new documentary about the INXS frontman’s life. Kylie, who dated the Aussie rockstar between 1989 and 1991, opens up…