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Constellation

1950s television

Created by Maria Lewis

Featured in this constellation

Gilmore Girls

Pleasantville

1950s Australian TV miniature

In Melbourne Tonight

The Donna Reed Show

I Love Lucy

"Good evening ... and welcome to television." Bruce Gyngell’s famous words launched television in Australia in 1956 on Sydney’s TCN9, with the medium finally arriving in the country towards the later end of the decade.

1950s Australian TV miniature → In Melbourne Tonight