Aussie Pop Culture

By MaJestiQue

  • Sempre Con Te Collection

    The collection consists of personal ephemera brought to Australia by Italian Women chain migrating to Australia between 1920 and the 1970s

  • Hit Song : Shes My Baby

    “She’s My Baby” becomes a hit song for Johnny O’Keefe.

  • Dresses

    Dresses became even shorter and tighter, mainly patterened

  • Hit Song: I'm Counting on You

    “I’m Counting on You” becomes a hit song for Johnny O’Keefe.

  • Hit Song: She Wears My Ring

    “She Wears My Ring” becomes a hit song for Johnny O’Keefe.

  • Australian Council for the Arts

    Founded the Australian Council for the Arts

  • Quicksilver

    Opened up Quicksilver

  • TattsLotto

    First Australian Lottorey

  • AC/DC

    Started in Sydney, 1973

  • "Advance Australia Fair"

    The National Anthem

  • World Series Cricket

    World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian team

  • Television Network Commences

    Television Network Commences their Broadcasting over Australia

  • Stock Market Crash

  • The Bicentennial BankNote

    The bank note has historical value as evidence of the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations and the recognition of the cultural diversity that had evolved in the Australian community up to that time

  • Canterbury Greg Ritchie Negative Collection

    The Greg Ritchie Negative Collection is a collection of over 3000 negatives featuring buildings and other sites in the City of Canterbury. Between 1990 and 1998 Canterbury City Council staff documented their day-to-day duties through photographs

  • Bier Stein and Eisstock Game Piece

    The Bier stein and eisstock game piece are social and culturally significant. The German-Austrian Society of Australia Club was formed to assist Post World War II migrants to resettle into suburban Fairfield community life between 1945 and 1960, and fulfil an important social and cultural role in an alienating culture

  • Victorian Football League

    The Origin of Victorian Football competitive

  • The Wiggles

    The Wiggles, family band

  • Hit Song: I Touch Myself

    “I Touch Myself” becomes a hit song for the Divinyls.

  • Pay TV

    Pay TV is launched in Australia.

  • 2000 Olympics Friendship Stick

    Discover the Friendship Stick made by Gavin Flick, Alanna Rose and Jai Rose for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.