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The emergence of television at home
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George Assang sang 'Heartbreak Hotel'
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Earliest Rock'n'roll song, 'Rock'n'roll washboard' by the Schneider Sisters November 1956
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RocknRoll took off during Bill Haley's January 1957 tour.
Johnny O'Keefe sang the song left to him from Haley 'You Hit the Wrong Note Billy Goat' -
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Six O'Clock Rock TV show by Johnny O'Keefe starts and helps spread Rock N Roll
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Sydney band Atlantics created a huge local hit 'Bombora'. Guitars, bass and drums emerged. The Beach Boys.
1963 - Little Pattie 'He's my blonde headed stompie wompie real gone surfer boy' -
The Beatles tour of June 1964 revolutionised the Australian music industry.
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Easybeats, Normie Rowe and The Twilights moved to England and became international star bands
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Sydney Rugby League Grand Final. Channel 9 paid for the rights to the game.
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New range of acts replaced the Beat boom veterans. Tully, Taman Shud and Levi SMith's Clefs reflected changes in society as drug use and alternative lifestyles mirrored overseas trends. Music was growing with the baby boomers generation. ABC launched a television show that brought young people back to music.
The Boom period of australian film -
Graham Kennedy hosts the TV show In Melbourne Tonight
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The TV show countdown starts on ABC
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Double J
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VFL grand final between Collingwood and North Melbourne was first shown live in Melbourne
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Olympic Games from Montreal had its opening and closing ceremonies broadcast live
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Double J becomes Triple J in 1980 when FM was opened. Hottest 100 became a staple Australian music.
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Los Angeles Games were broadcast live into Australian homes
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Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan
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Bollywood works with Australia to produce popular Bollywood films
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Triple J Unearthed devoted to playing unsigned Australian bands
