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Baby boomers - Australia's Culture PortalPeople born during this period became known as baby boomers. Combined with an increase in European migration to Australia, the baby boomers changed Australia (and the world) in the second half of the 20th century. Australian journalist Mark Davis argues...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01404.028. One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 17-20 August 1966. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: COL/67/0140/VN. ...
Australian independent (indie) music fills a space left by rock and pop music. With the punk movement came a formation of a new style of music, new bands, and independent music labels generally ran from backyard operations. One of the pioneering bands fo...
Australian rock music has its roots in the 1950s and '60s when the style of music was growing in popularity around the world. In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for classic hard rock. First appearing in the United States of America, ro...
Brian Bird, Lincoln Coffee Lounge & Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney, 1948-1951. There were many contradictions inside the Push: it was a movement born from forces within Sydney University during the 1950s, but it took an anti-intellectual stance. Anti-authori...
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The Wintersun Festival (more info)
The nostalgic Wintersun Festival remembers the baby boomer era through rock and roll, rockabilly, swing, cabaret, cars, dancing, movies and memorabilia. Current activities of baby boomers and cult groups are also featured.
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Baby boomers - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture and Recreation Portal )People born during this period became known as baby boomers. Combined with an increase in European migration to Australia, the baby boomers changed Australia (and the world) in the second half of the 20th century. Australian journalist Mark Davis argues...
Baby Boomer's Blues It was fun being a baby boomer... to accommodate aging baby boomers. n Tony Orlando: "Knock 3 Times on the Ceiling If You Hear Me Fall."...
Boomers' key to long life? Baby Boomer's Blues It was fun being a baby boomer... to accommodate aging baby boomers. ...
Image Courtesy The West Australian. Iron Ore Train - Mt Tom Price Courtesy Battye Library. Image Courtesy of Battye Library....
Behind the Lines: The Years Best Cartoons brings together the best Australian political cartoons and illustrations collected by the National Museum of Australia in 2008. Professional and aspiring artists are invited to be part of Australia's richest cari...
ALMOST one in four baby boomer employees expect to work into their 70s because of the hit to their retirement savings from the global financial turmoil. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the average couple needs $48,648 a ...
Australia's ageing population will create enormous opportunities for small businesses involved in these areas, finds the inaugural Business & Population Monitor from business advisory firm PKF, with Access Economics. The purchase of cars, entertainment an...
Just Released > Just Released Please Just F*Off: It's Our Turn Now - Holding Baby Boomers to Account - International Delivery Internatonal Economy Air Delivery Please Just F*Off It's Our Turn Now By Ryan Heath $25.95 plus $15 postage - $40.95 AUD Site C...
By Ryan HeathAustralia watch out! Ryan Heath, a twenty five year old writes about his generation - young people in their twenties who he says are very different to Baby Boomers and Generation X.His book is a sexy snapshot of the people born after 1970 - ...
Australia's ageing population will create enormous opportunities for small businesses involved in these areas, finds the inaugural Business & Population Monitor from business advisory firm PKF, with Access Economics. The purchase of cars, entertainment an...
As the History Channel frequently reminds us, baby boomers have seen, done and smoked it all. The circle of life should go something like this: parents have children, children grow up, children become cooler than their parents, and parents look disapprov...
ShareAdd to DiggAdd to del.icio.usPost to NewsVinePost to FacebookWhat are these? ALMOST one in four baby boomer employees expect to work into their 70s because of the hit to their retirement savings from the global financial turmoil. A slightly higher p...
Chorus: Now you can blame it on the Baby Boomers Weep for the power you lack You can tell me that this world was a better place but that will not bring it back You can place your faith in the old songs if they somehow help you cope You can look to the pas...
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