After another hard-hitting tournament, the 2026 Australian Open is winding to a close. Whether or not your favourites were crowned champs, one thing’s clear: tennis fever is stronger than ever in Australia. This year's Open set huge attendance records, showing that love for the hardcourts is at its peak. It’s hard to believe that national interest in the sport was once at risk. This 1968 Australian Diary clip investigates, 'Is the Australian interest in tennis falling off?' In stark contrast wit

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1968: a year of momentous events. Whether it was the war in Vietnam, student demonstrations, the murder of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy, the Prague Spring or the blistering power of a Hendrix solo, there was a strong sense that the world would never be the same again. www.nla.gov.au/1968 | National Library of Australia

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The 1956 Melbourne Olympic's was the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian event to be covered extensively on radio and television. #NFSAOnline #SoundsofAustralia #Olympics #Melbourne https://bit.ly/32Hyj6f | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia