1960s

The global tumults of the ’60s reverberated through Australia, setting off movements towards equal rights for women and First Nations peoples. Beatlemania and moon-mission madness swept the nation, and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo found international fame. The nation converted to decimal currency and a prime minister mysteriously disappeared. Australia’s cultural landscape was opening and expanding, setting the scene for seismic change.

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