Sydney Opera House Under construction, early 1966
In 1966 Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister retired and was succeeded by Harold Holt. It was the year that the Beaumont children were abducted during a visit to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never seen again. On 7 April – New South Wales repealed the Sunday Observance Act, allowing theatres and cinemas to open, sporting events to charge admission and clubs to sell alcohol on Sundays. American president Lyndon Johnson comes to Australia provoking anti-Vietnam protests.
These photographs were taken by Robert Beck and courtesy of Ben W. Smith
Armidale, New South Wales from Beardy St looking towards the Faukner St intersection.
Mildura, Victoria, Australia, early 1966
Easter show Sydney, 1966
Easter show Sydney, 1966
Easter show Sydney, 1966
Half built opera house Visitors gather near the building site of Sydney Opera House, 1967
Prince street, Grafton, New South Wales, 1967
Manly, Sydney, Australia, 1967
Jacaranda tree Eastwood, Sydney 1967
Armidale, New South Wales 1967
Armidale, New South Wales sometime in 1967
Sydney welcomes President Johnson in 1966, photographer unknown.
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration Martin Place to Garden Island Dock, Sydney, NSW
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