Video: 'The Monkees In Melbourne, Australia 1968' (Melbourne press conference at 1:25)

(Tuesday, September 17, 1968, 12:00 noon Australian Eastern Standard Time) — The Monkees held a press conference today at the President Motor Inn in Melbourne, Australia.

The band had arrived in Australia the previous day and would hold the first concert of their Far East tour on Sept. 18, 1968, at Festival Hall in Melbourne.