1960's

Popular Names
Some popular names for girls are Jennifer, Susan, Debra, Karen, Julie, Christine, Wendy, Leanne, Helen, and Robyn. Some popular names for boys are Peter, David, Michael, Mark, John, Stephen, Robert, Paul, Anthony, and Andrew.

Jobs
Some people were Dentists, Doctors, Policemen/women, Teachers, Nurses, Politics, and Bankers but a lot of people and families did not have jobs. there was plenty of jobs you didn't get paid for. There was Jobs that you got paid but not as much and the hours where longer. Back then Mail was delivered 3 times a week. That would mean that on the days when they got the mail they got quite a lot of mail.

Economy
Most towns were still growing. Most places like Melbourne would have been a lot more smaller then it is today. Most food was home grown, and shopping occurred rarely in a month. = = =Houses= Back then houses were brick and they were very close together They also had tile roofs and spent most of the time out in the front of the yard. They also had small gardens.They also didn't have much lawn.Some houses was also made out of wood in fact most houses was made out of wood only the richer ones was able to afford brick houses the house are actualy stronger in a way back then most houses where man built in these days they are made with electricyty run stuff houses are built quiker now with all the equipment that people have made.There are still old house around now but pritty much all houses are made with brick they have got powerpoints now back than they did not have many powerpoint's in peoples houses with ment they could only have a small amount of electric run stuff but there wasnt much back in the 1960's they only had telivisions fridges and radios.

Transport
Cars that they used were Mini Vans, Buggies. Other transport was Steam Trains, and Trams. By the 1960's the car had become a essential part of everyday life for many Australians. Some people would ride horses aswell as cars and bikes. In the 1960's some of the popular cars were Mustang's, Corvette's, Pontiac GTO's and many more

Sports
Some sports that they played in the 1960's included Cricket, Soccer, Footy, Rugby League and Tennis. Their equipment wasn't as efficient as it is now days. Soccer was mainly only played by immigrants like Itallian and Spanish, because it was an immigrated sport which would of followed a group of the immigrated people. Rugby is also an immigrated sport as it originally came from Northern England, we AUSSIES also had our own type of Rugby League. theses sports came from migrants. they were immigrated to Australia. They weren't originally good old AUSSIE sports like Cricket and Footy you know, we just adapted to them and now they are sports we play in Australia, they're still pretty fun and enjoyable sports that some of us love! Some s ports still have immigrants and immigrants have came to sports like Rugby League and AFL, Soccer have people who arn't immigrants Like Australians. In the 1960's they saw sports start to dominate in the hearts of Australian fans hockey and football where very popular back then sport started to come on tv a lot more and on the tv they saw history been made. Glamourous stars where emerging but there was still the superstars that where in soccer,Rugby League,AFL,Basketball,Tennis and other sports. AFL has been around for 151 years NRL has been around for 101 years.

Prime Ministers in the 1960's
Some of the Prime Ministers in the 1960's included: Robert Menzies who was on his second run as Prime Minister from 19th of December 1949 to 26th of January 1966. He was born on the 20th of December 1894 in Jeparit, Victoria. Harold Holt who was PM from the 26th of January 1966 to the 19th of December 1967. He was born on the 5th of August 1908 in Stanmore, New South Wales. John McEwen he was the running prime ministers from 1967 to 1968 he was born in Australia.

Pets / Animals
Some examples of the types of pets or animals they ! in the 1960's would be dogs such as Scotch Collie, Border Collie and Kelpie mainly because they were work dogs, they might of had a cat to keep the mice away, they had horses ( to ride and to pull carts and plowers around), cows, sheep, pig, turkey, chooks, ducks and alpaca. **Music / Instruments** Song by the Beatles were a big hit in the 1960's Like rock music, popular, or pop music had its origins in the 1950s and 1960s.During the 1960s other performers, such as Col Joye, the Bee Gees, Normie Rowe and The Seekers, also became well known for their tunes and clean-cut images. With starts such as Little Pattie, who made it big after she was spotted by talent scouts at the Bronte Surf Club in 1963. John Farnham was also a pretty famous singer back then, I think hes a pretty ok singer these are the types of singers the had in the 1960's. Some instruments they had were guitars, recorders and more. Aboriginal music would have to be the oldest music in Australia dating back a long way.You could see in concerts such as David Bowie,The Beatles,Cream,Pink Floyd,The Rolling Stones and The Monkeys.

=Movies= Some popular movies were:To Kill a Mocking Bird, Psycho, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr.Starngelove, Oliver, 2001, Spartacus, Planet of the Apes, Sound of Music, Cool Hand Luke. A really popular way to go to the moives was going to a drive in movie. the movies would not have had as better tecnolagy vision as it is now. Also back then they had greece lightning it was a good movie!

Inventions in the 1960's
Some inventions in the 1960's include The Laser - 1960 Light Emiting Diodes/LEDs - 1962 The Computer Mouse - 1963 Astroturf - 1964 The Automated Teller Machine - 1967

Some Big Things that Happened in the 1960's
One of the BIG things that happened in this era include Australians going to Vietnam for the Vietnam War