The image of Hanabeth Luke’s selfless help to an injured Tom Singer became etched on our memories in this challenging decade, along with moments of Olympic glory, a fire truck dwarfed by furious flames and Schapelle Corby facing Indonesian justice.
Photographer Ray Strange noticed something out of the ordinary when prime minister John Howard lifted his arms in front of a pro-gun crowd as he campaigned to bring in more restrictions. It was a sign of how heated the debate had become after the Port Arthur massacre.
Photography can be about symbols and in these images we see a quest for freedom, determination, faith and solidarity from a time when publishers came up with extraordinary ways to deliver the world’s pictures to our doorsteps.
The 1970s were dramatically changing times. These pictures summarise these seismic shifts and show the way The Australian’s photographers bore witness to history.
The Australian trawled its archives to find the most arresting images from six decades of journalism. These pictures, from war in Vietnam to Bart Cummings with a Melbourne Cup winner, all appeared in our pages.
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