australia in the 1950's · in the 1950s' television was in black and white until 1975...

Australiain the1950's

SportFood

Australiawon the

Davis cup

The 1956Olympics were

held inMelbourne

Herb Elliotbroke the4 minute

mile

in 1952-195Australian wonthe men's titleat Wimbledon

There wasan increase

to watersports

Somepeople had

a certainfood at acertain

time

Mostpeople

hadafternoon

tea

canned fruitand

vegetableswere

common

Lots of familys

had homemadesoup

InAustraliathere wee

two orthree

courses

In the 1950'sclothing

manufactures to meet

the needs of youthThe one-

piececostume

was popular

swimsuitfor women

The stylesemerged

afterschoolhours

fashionhouse

influencedthose in abusiness

Hats werenormallyworn but they werequite small

He wasborn in

1894 anddied in1978

He wasthe

longestservingPrime

Minster in1950

Many people of the labour partyleft to make ananticommunist

party

He wasprime

minster in1939-1941

and alsoform

1949-1966

RobertMenzies

The firsttelecast

was from Sydney

between1957 and

1959Russialunchedthe first

satellites

The technologywas about to

bringtransformation in

the worldscommunicationsystem in thenext decade

Thephotocopier

came into usein the 1950s'

televisionwas in black

and whiteuntil 1975

when colour was

introduced toAustralia

Between 1940 and1955 the number of

motor vehicels inAustralia increasedfrom 900 000 to 1

850 000.

Secondhand cars

were affordable

Manyhomes

were built in the1950'swith a

garage

The number of cars on

Australianroads

increasedenormouslyduring the

1950's and so

In the mid1950's

ships werestill carried

over 90per cent of Australia's

migrantintake

Priseshave

increasedthroughout the

1950's butwages

increasedmore

The1950'ssaw a

range of syntheticmaterials

TransportImportant

Events

EntertainmentInterestingFacts

PrimeMinisters

Fashion

Jobs

Communications

women got less

pay thenmen even

thoughthey havethe same

job