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To celebrate the ABC's 80th birthday we collected 80 pieces of content to mark 80 important moments in our shared history. Looking back it's easy to see these moments changed the way Australians lived and thought.
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To celebrate the ABC's 80th birthday we collected 80 pieces of content to mark 80 important moments in our shared history. Looking back it's easy to see these moments changed the way Australians lived and thought.
The ABC is collaborating with Wikimedia Commons to make content from the ABC archives available under a Creative Commons license. This is the first time an Australian broadcaster has shared its archival content in this way.
Use Us! The ABC has opened the archives and released a selection of video and audio archival materials for you to use.
Snap Happy? The ABC has opened the archives and released a selection from our photographic archives for use by the public.
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