Born on 12 March 1969

What Was 1969 Like in Australia?

If you were born in 1969, Australia watched the moon landing on the television in the middle of a Sydney winter night, gathered in living rooms across the country with cups of tea, watching the grainy footage with a mixture of astonishment and national pride — Parkes Observatory in country New South Wales was relaying the signal to the world, which Australians noted with quiet satisfaction.