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‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in Australia

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par Andrew J. May, Professor of History, The University of Melbourne

In 1981, a jingle played out across Australia, encouraging us to “Slip, Slop, Slap!”

In 2023, the jingle was added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry in recognition of the way the tune – and its message – helped shape Australia.

But Slip, Slop, Slap! wasn’t the start of Australian skin cancer messaging. For that, we need to travel back to the 1930s.

What does going back in time tell us about our relationship to…

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