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Australian television's forgotten history revealed in Channel 7 archives
As Channel 7 celebrates 70 years on air, a hunt through the archives has turned up extraordinary old footage exposing a long-forgotten story about the start of television in Australia.
Since 1956, Australians have been told the first face on Australian TV was Bruce Gyngell with his famous greeting: “Good evening and welcome to television.”
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Australia’s forgotten first television broadcast from 1934
But decades earlier, silent movie star Janet Gaynor actually claimed the honour in 1934.
The discovery reveals Australia’s first TV station operated over 90 years ago, holding the first full television licence not only in Australia but also in the Southern Hemisphere.
70 years of Seven: Spotlight special commemorates seven decades of Australia’s most iconic television network
She’s an icon of Australian breakfast television and has reported across the world, but Nat Barr’s incredible career as a journalist and Sunrise presenter began in her parents’ living room in regional WA.
Nat, who was born and raised in Bunbury, spoke to The West Australian to commemorate the Seven Network’s 70th birthday on October 12.
“I grew up in regional WA, so everyone got the ABC and GWN, and then if you were really, really lucky and you hit the jackpot, you had an aerial (so) you got Channel Seven,” Barr recalled.
“Of course, we love GWN and the ABC, but we felt very lucky because we had an aerial and we got the Perth stations. We just felt we were Christmas.”
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70 Years of Seven: Celebrating seven decades of TV gold with star-studded anniversary special
Across the two hours of 70 Years of Seven, viewers will be taken back through the memories that formed not just their lives but that of Australia with a star-studded anniversary special.
There was a time when no one in Australia didn’t know who Effie was. She had big hair, a big voice and a big attitude.
Effie had an appetite for life, for being out there and having a good laugh.
Her offscreen alter ego, Mary Coustas, shared a lot of the same qualities, and after almost 40 years since the groundbreaking Australian sitcom Acropolis Now premiered in 1989, Coustas feels as if Effie is a part of her more than ever.
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