Rewind - When they were young

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Reg Grundy, working as a sports reporter for 2SM in 1953.Credit:Laurie Shea

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Prior to his time in politics and as an activist, Charles Perkins, enjoyed a career in football. He is pictured at training for Pan Hellenic in 1964.Credit:Ted Golding

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Author Bob Ellis, during his days at the ABC, in 1971.Credit:Geoff Bull

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Cronulla Sharks legend, Steve Rogers, at the start of his career in 1973.Credit:Russell McPhredran

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Joan Sutherland, pictured after winning the Sun Aria competition in 1949.Credit:Staff

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Students Bruce Beresford (left) and Adrian Thirlwall on the set of the film The Shiralee in Coonabarabran in 1956. Credit:Frank Burke

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Constable Roger Rogerson (right) works a murder case with Detective Sergeant Noel Morey in Brooklyn, NSW, in 1971.Credit:Bob Rice

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Jeff Kennett is elected leader of the Victorian Liberals in 1982.Credit:Staff

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Shirley Bassey, in Sydney in 1957.Credit:Bruce Perry

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NSW Leader of the Opposition, Luke Foley with fellow Young Labor colleague Reba Meagher in 1992.Credit:Paul Miller

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Broadcasting icon Rex "The Moose" Mossop in his rugby union days with the Manly club in 1950. Credit:Johnny Smith

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Bruce Francis (left) and Ray Baartz from the NSW Schoolboy cricket team in 1961. Francis went on to become a Test cricketer while Baartz played football for Australia. Credit:Alan Funnell

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Trainer Bart Cummings at Flemington in 1967.Credit:Martin Brannan

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Formula One motor racing driver Mark Webber, (bottom right) a ball boy for the Canberra Raiders in 1991.Credit:Paul Jones

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Author and journalist Blanche D'Alpuget, pictured in 1965.Credit:Fred Murray

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John Harkness (centre) prior to his time at the Institute of Company Directors, gets a lift to school in Sydney with Paul Hohnen and Nigel Muir during the petrol strike of 1960.Credit:Bob Rice