Life In Australia: Sydney

NFSA Films
NFSA Films
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Published 2019-04-30
From The Film Australia Collection. Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1966. Directed by Joe Scully. Episode 12 of the Life in Australia series. This series was made to encourage immigration to Australia and to highlight the various social activities, employment and educational opportunities and lifestyles of the various cities and regional centres throughout Australia. This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the New South Wales capital of Sydney in the mid 1960s. Previously uploaded in SD it is now available in 4K HD.
All Comments (21)
  • @leokimvideo
    All I know is Australia is NOTHING like this now. We barely manufacture anything, everything we buy is made in China. Now the whole family has to work or on welfare to survive. This film depicts the 'golden era' in Australia. Seeing how amazing Australia use to be is going to make me cry for days.
  • @austfox2170
    ‘Judy is working in one of the stores until she marries’... simpler times when a family with 3 or 4 kids could happily survive in Sydney on only one wage.
  • @paulinus43ad
    The more I see this film the more I wish it was the sixties again, what a beautiful Australia it was .
  • @kickinkanga7026
    Australia looks nothing like this now unfortunately... For many reasons... What a clean and prosperous time it was for Australians...
  • @spudfrommars
    When the daughter got in the car and grabbed her make-up mirror at 1:27 I just naturally thought she grabbed her phone. How conditioned we have become.
  • @gregfowler957
    I remember being told that 1960s and 1970s Australia was so safe you could walk anywhere without fear of violence or gangs
  • @lesroo
    Exactly as I remember it as a teenager in the 1960's, living in the poorer suburbs and travelling daily into the city for university studies and then weekends as a lifesaver on Bronte Beach. Oh, how sad to have lost these idyllic days for the over populated city, traffic snarls and technological 'disadvantages' of today. We worked hard, played harder and laughed longer back then!!!
  • @DarrenLDowns-wp2dr
    I love nothing better than in the Summer, opening a bottle of wine and watching these videos of Australia in the 1960’s.
  • @dickiewongtk
    Imagine working a factory job with enough salary to raise a family.
  • @jjj4875
    Is it me, or does everyone and everything look much cleaner then.
  • @patriot388
    Find me a time machine! I wanna go back! The golden years of Australia!
  • @EatMyShortsAU
    As soneome from Sydney I can tell you that the city has change significantly since then. Hell it changed a lot in the last 5 to 10 years.
  • @AlbionTarkhan
    Our people built something so wonderful for ourselves. Why did we give it all away?
  • @adrianr9307
    I lived in suburban Sydney from '71 till end of '73, loved it.
  • @artemisxw8708
    Film produced in 1966. I was 1 years old and migrated to Sydney in 1970 and we were the last boat of migrants entering Australia firstly arriving at Fremantle Port for processing then onto Melbourne and the migrant hostel then finally Sydney. I remember all those spots in this video, but those women got around, driving from Chatswood to Warringal Mall in Brookvale then Hyde Park in the city...
  • @sharongoodsell9341
    Here's an idea bring our practical school learning back I learnt so much as a child back then ! We all know it was better
  • @mrporsche4236
    Sydney in the sixties is like being in heaven.That time was special sydney is special