Ground Floor, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
2 August 2016 – 30 January 2017

Tee Vee at sixty is an exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Baillieu Library, marking the 60th anniversary of television in Australia. On display from 2 August to 30 January 2017, the exhibition is located on the ground floor and third floor of the Baillieu Library. The exhibition includes vintage TV sets showing news footage from the GTV-9 archive from the University of Melbourne Archives, as well as material relating to The Mickey Mouse Club, The Tarax show, TV Westerns, TV dining and TV knitting. Re-live the early days of television in Australia by attending an exciting program of events to be held in the Dulcie Hollyock Room, ground floor, Baillieu Library, in conjunction with the exhibition.

Screening: TV’s “annoying” commercials, jingles and themes

Wednesday 17 August 2016
12:00pm-1:00pm
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Floor talk: Tee Vee at Sixty – the making of the exhibition

Thursday 25 August 2016
3:00pm-4:00pm
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Screening: ‘Country Town’, the 1971 film based on ABV-2’s popular TV soap opera, Bellbird (1967 – 1977)

Wednesday 7 September 2016
12:00pm-1:15pm
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Lecture: TV houses: Television’s influence on the Australian home

Wednesday 21 September 2016
12:00pm-1:00pm
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Screening: A Toni Lamond showreel

Wednesday 5 October 2016
12:00pm-12:45pm
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Screening: TV’s “annoying” commercials, jingles and themes

Wednesday 19 October 2016
12:00pm-1:00pm
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Lecture “Hello girls and boys”: Early Melbourne TV ventriloquists

Wednesday 23 November 2016
6:00pm-7:15pm
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