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What Australia watched on TV on New Year's Eve, 1959

Author: Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, University of South Australia

Australian families have been sitting down in front of the TV on New Year's Eve for over 60 years.Wikimedia Commons

Broadcasting fireworks on TV was a ratings success for the ABC as 2018 turned into 2019, with 1.95 million viewers. But 60 years ago, a New Year’s Eve in front of the TV was a very different experience.

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