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What happened to Australia in the 1970s?
Australia in the 1970s Politically, the 1972 election ended the 23-year government of the Liberal-Country Party coalition. The Australian Labor Party took power, led by Gough Whitlam, with the slogan ‘It’s Time’. Socially, the White Australia Policy was finally dismantled during this period.
What major events happened in 1970 in Australia?
| May 08 | Vietnam war moratorium demonstrations across the country |
| Jul 01 | Melbourne: New airport opens at Tullamarine |
| Sep 26 | Melbourne: Carlton defeats Collingwood in VFL Grand Final after being 44 points down at half time. Record crowd of 121,696 |
| Oct 15 | Melbourne: Collapse of West Gate Bridge span in Melbourne. 35 die |
Has quality of life improved in Australia?
Australia ranks at the top in civic engagement and above the average in income and wealth, environmental quality, health status, housing, jobs and earnings, education and skills, subjective well-being, social connections and personal security. It is below average in work-life balance.
What happened in the year 1977 in Australia?
January. 10 January – The Easey Street murders take place, an unsolved crime in which two women were brutally stabbed to death in their home in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. 18 January – Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, in which 83 people died.
What happened in the year 1976 in Australia?
January. 5 January – The Family Law Act comes into effect, Elizabeth Evatt is sworn in as first Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia. 31 January – The Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser states that no “soft options” were left to get Australia out of its economic difficulties.
How has Australia changed in the last 100 years?
Over the last 100 years Australia’s population has increased almost fivefold from just under five million to almost 24 million today. The average household today has two less people in it than in 1915: from an average of 4.5 people to just 2.6 people today.
What was happening in Australia 1921?
Events. March – Group Settlement Scheme begins at Manjimup, Western Australia. 22 March – New South Wales MP Percy Brookfield is shot and killed when he tackles a crazed gunman at the train station in Riverton, South Australia. 31 March – The Royal Australian Air Force is established.
What was the 1970s like in Australia?
The 1970s in Australia is remembered as a decade of rapid social change. Women, Indigenous people, lesbians, gays and migrants all made demands for national recognition. Australia’s shift away from Great Britain, as well as the election of Gough Whitlam, saw the advent of the ‘new nationalism’.
What was life like in Australia in the 20th century?
During the 20th century Australia became an older, more culturally diverse, and much more urbanised society, holding wider religious affiliations, placing greater value on home ownership, with more females than males, and with a workforce more concentrated in service-industry based, ‘white collar’ occupations.
What was Australia like 100 years ago?
One hundred years ago Australia was only 14 years out of federation; a very young nation indeed! Let’s reflect on how things were different in 1915. There were no supermarkets: people made butter, soap, clothes, furniture, and bread at home among many other things.