HST 343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Guerrilla Warfare, Dirty 30, Bruce Dawe
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Gender roles feminist movement 1970: contraceptive so that women can take control and be protective from pregnancy. Politics: 1966 menzie retired (liberal, 1967 harold holt (liberal, edward whitlam (labor party) Aboriginal civil rights: 1975 racial discrimination act. Environmentalism flooding of lake eta in tasmania. Social life: increase wealth university (better education) 1961 birth control (women rights: challenge religious beliefs technology within work. Men would be called out to serve in war. Women liberation didn"t really first kick off in 1969-70 until publication. Bound by clubs school church home. How did australia change: contradictions: swinging 60"s fun, leisure life, car for mobility, wealth increase to do more lots of people struggling , aboriginal people discriminated, vietnam war and protests against government fear of communism. 1971 melbourne moratorium marches demonstrations against war with vietnam: conscription abolished in 1975, 1975 last troops stayed.
