1960s Retail Fashion Photography

During 1965, working as assistant to leading Brisbane commercial photographer, Geoff Dauth, I was introduced to fashion photography…

Australian, ModelsFrank Neilsen14 December 2019retail, fashion, photography, 1960s, Brisbane, Tammy Hubbard Comments

Jan de Zwaan

During the height of popularity of the 1960s folk music scene, guitarist and singer Jan de Zwaan occasionally appeared in Brisbane…

Australian, MusicianFrank Neilsen14 December 2019Jan de Zwaan, minstrel, wandering minstrel, Brisbane, folk, rhythm and blues, Black Cat Circle, Dan Gillespie, Lance Scott, Peter Miles, Terry Hannagan, Bob Dames, 1960sComment

Marty Feldman

Marty Feldman was an English comedian, writer, and actor, who most people will remember as Igor

ActorsFrank Neilsen12 November 2019Marty Feldman, Feldman, comedian, actor, writer, Australia, Brisbane, At Last The 1948 Show, Graves Disease, Eyegore, Igor, Young Frankenstein, BAFTA

Carl McConnell

Carl McConnell (1926 - 2003) was a very important figure in Australian ceramic art.

Australian, ArtistFrank Neilsen11 November 2019Carl McConnell, McConnell, potter, pottery, ceramics, stoneware, porcelain, Pinjarra, Brisbane, Pinjarra Pottery, standard ware, giclée, giclée prints Comments

MIKE FURBER

Mike Furber was born in London in 1948, and his family emigrated to Brisbane...

Frank Neilsen18 July 2016Mike Furber, Furber, Brisbane, Australia, Bowery Boys, The Bowery Boys, Mike Furber and the Boyery Boys, Ivan Dayman, Sunshine Records, Normie Rowe, Columbia Records, Festival Hall, depression, dead, hung, murdered

THE COOKIES

This was the first (1966) publicity shot,..

Frank Neilsen25 June 2016The Cookies, Cookies, Brisbane, Marcie Heinz, girl-band

LAST OF THE BEAT GENERATION

Bill Thoms was a customer at Brisbane’s very hip Primitif Coffee Lounge...

AustralianFrank Neilsen31 May 2016Bill Thoms, Brisbane, 1965, Primitif, Beatnik, Beat, West End

THE BIG SHOW

Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Walker Brothers and Johnny Young toured Australia in January 1967...

DELVENE DELANEY

Delvene Delaney was the house model for Barry Green’s Brisbane studio, H.B. Green and Co...

ActorsFrank Neilsen5 May 2016Delvene, Delvene Delaney, model, Brisbane, Australia, Playboy, bunny, London, The Box, The Young Doctors, The Paul Hogan Show, Paul Hogan, John Cornell, Strop, Crocodile Dundee, Byron Bay, John Denver

PROTEST!

South Vietnam was at war with its northern neighbours, and Australia had become enmeshed...

THURSDAY'S CHILDREN

Thursday’s Children was a Brisbane band who earned a solid following during the midsixties...

Musician, AustralianFrank Neilsen2 April 2016Thursday’s Children, Brisbane, mid-sixties, 1967, Band, rock and roll, RedOrb, Paul Murphy, Barry Sullivan, Steve Pristash, Heinz Frylink, Barry Harvey, Big Goose, Little Goose

BAY CITY UNION

Bay City Union formed in Brisbane in the mid-sixties, as a Rhythm & Blues outfit...

BOB DYLAN

Bob Dylan arrived at Brisbane airport on the morning of Friday, 15 April, 1966...

Musician, Bob DylanFrank Neilsen27 March 2016Dylan, Bob Dylan, Brisbane, 1966, 15 April 1966, Australian, tour, Albert Grossman, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Danko, Zac Dadic, bobdylanisis, The Hawks, The Band, Ballad of a Thin Man

RON TERRY

Ron Terry was sound asleep aboard the Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Voyager...

WILLIE RUSHTON

Willie Rushton had just arrived at Brisbane airport, from London, in 1966...

Artist, ActorsFrank Neilsen12 March 2016Willie Rushton, Brisbane, 1966, Private Eye, That Was The Week That WasComment