1950’sDemi , Jessica P and Jessica O

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The 1950’s was a Happy Decade. The 1950’s was a Happy Decade. Full of music and bright colours. Full of music and bright colours. The 1950’s was a very The 1950’s was a very stereotypical time too, such as stereotypical time too, such as the wife staying home making it the wife staying home making it a perfect household. This slide a perfect household. This slide show shall take you back in show shall take you back in time to show you the 1950’s. So time to show you the 1950’s. So hold onto your Sharp vintage hold onto your Sharp vintage hats! Sit tight on your poodle hats! Sit tight on your poodle skirts and enjoy the 1950’s way skirts and enjoy the 1950’s way

of life.of life.

1950’s People1950’s People

On the night of Rosa Park’s arrest, Jo Ann Robinson, head of the Women’s Political Council, printed and circulated a flyer throughout Montgomery's black community which read as follows:

"Another woman has been arrested and thrown in jail because she refused to get up out of her seat on the bus for a white person to sit down. It is the second time since the Claudette Colvin case that a Negro woman has been arrested for the same thing. This has to be stopped. Negroes have rights too, for if Negroes did not ride the buses, they could not operate. Three-fourths of the riders are Negro, yet we are arrested, or have to stand over empty seats. If we do not do something to stop these arrests, they will continue and the next time it may be you, or your daughter, or mother. This woman's case will come up on Monday. We are, therefore, asking every Negro to stay off the buses Monday in protest of the arrest and trial. Don't ride the buses to work, to town, to school, or anywhere on Monday. You can afford to stay out of school for one day if you have no other way to go except by bus. You can also afford to stay out of town for one day. If you work, take a cab, or walk. But please, children and grown-ups don't ride the bus at all on Monday. Please stay off all buses Monday.

 

The 1950s was a fun but racial decade. Many babies were born and many inspirational people took a stand and changed the world. One of the most important people of the 1950s was a lady by the name of Rosa Parks. Back in the 1950s there was a law that stated “a ‘black person’ must give up their seat if a ‘white person’ was standing on a bus”.

It was on December 1st, 1955 that a 42 year old African American woman born in Tuskegee Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a ‘white person’ because she was exhausted from a long hard day at work. This event cause many problems and she was arrested that day because of it. Rosa Parks became a symbol of modern Civil Rights Movement. She was so fed up with all these ridiculous laws enabling black people to do what they want, so she helped a man named Marin Luther King Jr who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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The boycott lasted for a year, from 1955 – 1956 November 13th. Many extraordinary people helped peruse this boycott that changes the word. The acts of these brave people have changed our modern day life today. To think if

Rosa Parks had obeyed the law of the 1950’s and if Martin Luther King Jr didn’t think about a protest to help them then I think that our way of life in 2000’s would be completely different. We would be split in half. There would have to be black and white schools, different movie theatres, different neighbour hood, there would probably end up being a divide in each country and society would become one big war fair. The courageous act of this one lady with the help of Martin Luther King Jr has surely made the future a better place for whatever colour you are.

Martin Luther King Jr started a campaign to stop racial segregation on public transport. This act of discrimination had outraged the ‘black’ community and people joined the boycott. On Saturday, December 3, it was evident that the black community would support the boycott, and very few black people rode the buses that day. This inconvenience made people walk miles just to get from one place to another but they put all that aside and continued on not using the busses.

EventsEvents1950On July 26 Australian troops were sent to Korea for the war. 2448095 soldiers died in

total. 1951On the 6th of August The National Service Act was started. It was the Australian federal

legislation providing for the compulsory call-up of males turning 18 on or after the 1st of November 1950, for service training of 176 days. Trainees were required to remain on the Reserve of the Commonwealth Military Forces for five years from initial call up. The first call-up notice was issued on April 12 1951. On the 1st of September ANZUS treaty was signed. ANZUS, the Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty. It’s an alliance between the above countries.

1952On August the 3rd women athletes win for of the six gold metals won for Australia at the

Olympics1953The Korean War ended after three years. The Australian death toll: 258 killed in action,

977 wounded and 4 missing presumed dead. Britain ignited the first of two atomic bombs at Woomera on the 15th of October. October 27th Britain ignites another atomic bomb at Woomera, known as “Operation Totem”.

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1954April 30th George Howard broke the ‘White Man’s Law’ which prohibits Aborigines

from being on hotel premises.1955On February 1st New South Wales hotels stay open until 10pm. NSW was the

fourth state to adopt extended hours. November 8th Australia’s one-millionth post-war migrant, Barbara Porritt of Yorkshire arrives in Melbourne.

1956Australian troops take part in action against communist guerilla’s on January 1st.

Sheep shearers striked when wages were cut by 5% on February 23rd. On June the 12th free mass vaccination program with the Salk polio vaccine started. The first television program aired in Sydney on September 16th. The first ever colour movie came out! The Wizard of Oz was black and white for the first ten minutes or so then went into colour. Britain ignites the 1st of four atomic bombs from Operation Buffalo on the 27th of September. Democratic labor party was formed on September 30. October 30, shearers strike ended after wages were increased. November 5th the ABC’s 1st TV broadcast was opened by PM Menzies. The first broadcast from Melbourne's studios were 2 weeks late, on November 19, just in,

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events… events… time for ABC-TV’s coverage of the 1956 Olympics. The 16th Olympic Games were opened

by The Duke of Edinburgh. Dawn Fraser won gold in the 100m freestyle.1957 On January 30 Joern Utzon won the Sydney Opera House designs competition. March 24th

Australia’s union movement steps up campaign for equal pay for woman workers. Britain conducts 1st of 3 “Operation Antler” nuclear tests on the 14th of September. October the 9th Britain ignites its first balloon-borne atomic bomb, the last in the “Operation Antler” series. October the 13th severe drought throughout Australia.

1958January 14th QANTAS international services were started. Thousand of Greek men rioted

when the bridal ship Castel Felice was nine hours late in Melbourne January 26th. On February 18th 200,000 people turn out to greet The Queen one of the many towns she went through was Broken Hill. The tallest building in Australia was opened in Melbourne on December 11th.

1959January the 14th, Darwin became a city. March 10 Australia’s population reaches 10

million. The Reserve Bank was opened to take over the central banking function of The Commonwealth Bank. The Snowy Mountain Scheme’s first big power station, Tumut 1, begins operation.

MovementsMovements

A movement is something that occurs after an event e.g. WW2 then human rights. One of the many movements of the 50’s is if the democratic labor party wasn’t formed (1956), Kevin Rudd might not be our prime minister and our entire lifestyle would be so different. If it wasn’t for Joern Utzon winning the Sydney Opera House competition (1957), the Sydney Opera House would look completely different If QANTAS international services (1958) wasn’t started, we would still have to take boats or small planes if we were to go overseas. If Darwin didn’t become a city (1959) we wouldn’t have half of the places or anything that we have here at our home. If Australia’s population didn’t reach 10 million (1959) a huge amount of people in this very room wouldn’t be Australia. You might be Asian, European or any other nationality in the world.

American InfluenceAmerican Influence

America had a massive influence on Australia. Ranging from fashion, music, food and film/ television. America’s influence of fashion included the poodle skirts, high pony tails, square sun glasses and sharp vintage hats. In 1951 the latest fashion hit were short dresses with full skirts over stiff petticoats. Some of the popular signers/ bands in the 50’s were, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Johnny Preston. American style diners were every where in America and Australia. In the diners they had food like burgers, French fries and milkshakes. The film industry was hugely based around America. A couple of the films released then were, The Wizard of Oz, Rebel Without a Cause, Signing in the Rain, Angry Men, All About Eve, Vertigo and Searchers.

Britain's InfluenceBritain's Influence

The 1950’s in Australia was based a lot on Britain as for England was our home county. Food, Fashion and Music was a big influence from Britain. Food types such as porridge, mash potato, cereal, roast dinners, sausages and vegetable were our main meals and are still in Australia today but as over the years we have also become more wide spread and have adopted many different dishes from other countries. Most our dinners today consist of 3 vegetables and 1 type of meat this was a big thing back in the 1950’s that was bought over from Britain. Fashion followed along with music and today we still get music and cloths from Britian as well as other countries such as Asia and America and many other countries. Though we were mostly with Britain in the 1950’s we had also starting to take in some of America’s way of life.

European and Asian European and Asian InfluenceInfluence

1950’s was a time where Australia had a policy 1950’s was a time where Australia had a policy that No migrants where allowed into the that No migrants where allowed into the country at all unless you where from Europe country at all unless you where from Europe and where white even then if you where and where white even then if you where allowed into Australia you had to drop every allowed into Australia you had to drop every single part of your culture, no traditional single part of your culture, no traditional food, language, clothing and/ or religious food, language, clothing and/ or religious parts from your original culture. parts from your original culture.

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