Question | Answer |
Architecture | Becomes more suited to the Australian climate |
Houses | Become larger |
Technology | Transmits ideas quicker |
Young people | Challenged the views of their parents' generation and the government |
Manufacturing and consumer boom | Household appliances were less expensive, more efficient and smaller |
Folk Music | People like Bob Dylan showed the need for social change |
Surf music | Bob E.G. brought the craze to Australia |
The Beatles | Had a 1964 tour of Australia and revolutionized fashion, making long hair fashionable |
Commercial Rock | A form of protest music opposing the Vietnam War |
Audio Tapes | Made music cheaper and easier to access |
Mod Fashion | Emerged from London in the 1960s which rejected the 1950s with its style |
Minis (Fashion) | Linked with the introduction of the contraceptive pill and gave women the right to display their bodies in rebellion |
Jacqueline Kennedy | Influenced the style of the early 1960s with bill box hats and other fashion trends |
Beehive | A hairstyle introduced in 1958 |
Hippie Movement | A movement defined by its anti-fashion, drug taking and psychedelic music |
TV Shows | American shows flooded Australian screens along with their British counterparts while Australian shows such as In Melbourne Tonight become more abundant |
Movies | Big budget technicolour, B-grade horror and beach party movies were introduced at this time |
Theater, ballet and opera | Were more popular than ever |
Hair | A 1969 rock opera which contained full frontal nudity |
Sports | Such as lawn bowls for the older generation, ten pin bowling and netball became popular |
American style fast food | Including KFC in 1961 emerged |