Contemporary Australia

  • viatiam war

    the end of the viatiam war
  • The stolen generations of aboriginal children

    1900's - 1980
  • Elvis Aron Presly

    The king of Rock 'n' roll was born in Mississippi.
  • World War Two

    1939-1945, it helped the AAmerican economy enormouly
  • Responding to culture change and rejecting restrictions

    1940's - 1970's
  • 1 million migrants, largely from europe9including britain0, settle in australia

    1945 - 1955
  • the home builders, home movers and home improvers

    1945 - 1980
  • End of WW2 and return of soldiers to Australia

  • Baby Boomers

    Baby Boomers
    The Baby Boomer generation occured in 1946 and finished in 1964. Characteristics of the baby boomers, are now settling into there jobs and have future goals, they are mostly independent , confident and hard working they have an increase on education and finance. and they are mostly into rock and roll music.
  • 3000 working-class children from the Unied Kingdom are sent to Australia

    1947-1953
  • Teenage culture -- rock 'n roll and bodgies and widges

    1950's - 1960's
  • Consumerism

    It was the way of life with companies tricking you your wants are your needs.
  • Teenagers and Rock 'n' Roll

    Two of the thngs that emerged that changed the world are rock 'n' roll and the teenager.
  • the wild ones

    This gang was formed to against their parents.
  • Trends

    America music and fashion trends of rock began.
  • Rebel without a cause

    This gang was formed to go against there parents.
  • Other side of The American Dream

    Which was you saw race riots, juvenile street crime and gang murders.
  • Drive ins

    They guickly became an American insitution.
  • Elvis

    He was given a recording contract.
  • Elvis

    He made his first two movies being Love Me Tender and Loving You.
  • Elvis

    He was drafted into the US army at the height of his fame.
  • The amount of American people owning things

    44million American families owned 56 million cars, 50 million televisions sets, 153 million radios and three-quarters of American families owned their own home.
  • Marriage and babies

    1960's - 1970's
  • the time in itself

    it was a decade of great improvement ,due to a rebellious and open minded youth, ambitious leaders, a new social culture and benificial legistration
  • womwns libiration movement

    It gave power for the females to get together and bring up the issues of feminism with there 6 point of things to change with making lectures, publishing books, pamplets and protests theses major changes came along with Prime minister Grough Whitlam
  • Contraceptive pill

    During the 1960's people were embracing with the sexual revolution because of the contraceptive pill.
  • high-rise public housing - renting

    1961
  • Generation X

    Generation X
    Generation X spans from 1964 to the late to mid 70's. This generation was significantly smaller than the previous generation (baby boomers) and marks the period of a decline in birth rates. As a whole, generation X is seen as ethnically diverse and better educated than previous generations. Over 60% of generation X attended college. Noticable characteristics of this generation are that they are individualistic, they were born into an era of two-income families, rising divore rates and a falterin
  • civil rights

    signed into law by President Lyndon B.jOHNSON
  • voting rights

    National voting rights of act signed into law by president Lyndon B.Jonson outlawed discriminating voting practices
  • ABOORIGINAL VOTING RIGHTS

    they were not allowed to vote with Qld being last and before they were classified as flora and faunna not citizens of australia
  • aboriginals --- census

    aboriginals were then allowed to be counted in the census became citizens of australia
  • Shirley Chisolm

    she became the first black women elected to the US. house of representives
  • escaping the suburban sprawl and going back to the city centre - the renovators

    1970's
  • deregulation of the financial markets and easier access to loans

    1980's
  • 2 million migrants, many from south east asia, settle in australia

    1980 - 2000
  • Generation Y

    Generation Y
    Generation Y starts in the year 1982 and finishes in the year 2000.The characteristics of Gen Y are 1 out of 4 grew up in a single-parent household, more acceptable to drug use, more likely to end up in jail due to violence, stealing, drug use, drink driving and murder.
  • interest reates reach 18 per cent

    1989
  • property as an investment

    1990's
  • The impossible dream - renting and getting help from parents

    2000's
  • federal government apologies to the stolen generations and the child migrants

    2008
  • federal government apologies to the stolen generations and the child migrants

    2010