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The summer of 1969/70 saw the release of a number of Hollywood and British blockbusters - Hoffman and Voight’s Midnight Cowboy, Streisand’s Hello Dolly, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service starring the Australian Bond, George Lazenby, and the adventures of a sentient VW Beetle named Herbie. Against stiff competition, that icon of 1960s children’s TV Skippy the bush kangaroo, made her big screen debut in The Intruders.

The summer of 1969/70 saw the release of a number of Hollywood and British blockbusters - Hoffman and Voight’s Midnight Cowboy, Streisand’s Hello Dolly, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service starring the Australian Bond, George Lazenby, and the adventures of a sentient VW Beetle named Herbie. Against stiff competition, that icon of 1960s children’s TV Skippy the bush kangaroo, made her big screen debut in The Intruders.

When it comes to Australian society, 'outsider' journalists are perhaps better placed to notice what is hiding in plain sight.

What are the key characteristics of the Australian accent? How has it evolved – and is there only one, a couple or many?

A languid documentary about the pioneering Indigenous actor leaves the impression there is more to be uncovered beneath the surface.

Australian Country Singer Johnny Ashcroft Dies At Age 94 Johnny Ashcroft, the Australian country singer best known for his hits ‘Little Boy Lost’ (1960), ‘The Girl Behind The Bar’ (1962), ‘Playground In My Mind’ (1973) and ‘Holy Joe The Salvo’ (1975), has died at the age of 94. Johnny’s first hit ‘Little Boy Lost’ is considered Australia’s first country-rock song, years before the term was used. Johnny’s great, great, great grandfather Corporal John Gowen arrived in Au...