Shoppers crossing Bourke Street

Tailored suits (popular in the 1950s) were still fashionable in Australia well into the late 1960s. The bouffant hairstyle made its modern debut in the 1960s.

This image comes from the Australian News and Information Bureau collection, now held in the National Archives. This vast archival resource is the legacy of nearly half a century’s work by Bureau photographers who captured hundreds of thousands of photographs of Australians at work and play.