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 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.
 
Lucky Owl Casket Shop (lottery agency) at 160 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Australia, circa 1960

 

Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960

 

Canberra Airport, Australia, circa 1963

 

Man and Minneapolis-Moline tractor, Australia, 1964

 

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, 1964

 

Tram at Ballarat, Australia, 1964

 

Tram at Bendigo, Australia, 1964

 

Tram at Bridge Street, Ballarat, Australia, 1964

 

Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, 1964

 

New South Head Road, Sydney, Australia, 1965

 

New South Head Road, Sydney, Australia, 1965

 

TAA Boeing 727-76, VH-TJA 'James Cook', at Adealide, 1965

 

TAA Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Terminal, Australia, 1965

 

Tourists at the 'Memorial to Armour', AC3 Thunderbolt cruiser tank BK A H88, Mount Pleasant, Canberra, Australia, 1965

 

Collins Street with a Mark II Cortina, Melbourne, Australia, 1968

 

Lower Fort Street, Sydney, Australia, 1968

 

Sydney Opera House under construction, Australia, 1968

 

Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, around Christmas 1969

 

Brisbane, Australia, 1969

 

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

 

Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, Sydney, circa 1960s

 

Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Old Sydney Showground, Australia, circa 1960s

 

Pioneer Express coach at Morundah Hotel, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1960s