1980's

**Lifestyle**
==** From the 1981 people liked to play Pacman, Sonic, Tennis AFL, Squash and Space Invaders. People really liked to play cricket since Australia won the ashes in 1981. In 1986 there were 39 400 devorces in Australia. Maddonna was like the 80's Miley cyrus! A BIG dance movie was flash dance. Another popular Female singer was Cher. Football in the 1980's was mostly dominated by Hawthorn. 1983 bob hawks was the prime minister. 1980 michael jackson became famous and akadaka. in 1980 the population of australia grew up to 15 million.In Moscow 1980's they had the summer Olympics and some of the games were Archery,Fencing,Water polo, Shooting and Wrestling. **==

Transport
==In the 1980's most cars were very boxy. The super cars were excellent some good super cars were the Ferrari F40, the Lamboghini Cortach and the Masseriti Bora. The cheaper cars were the Toyota Corona, Mitsibitishi Colt, Honda Accord, Nissan Skyline and the Holden Commodore. the Holden Commodore and the Ford Falcon were the most popular cars in the 1980s. the Holdens were more better and probably more popular because they were just introduced and HSV (Holden special vehicle) made their first car. Some of the better cars going was the Dodge Caravan, Mercedes Benz 300E, Ford Taurus, Mazda Miata and the Ford Explorer. the most poluar and best cars of the 1980's were number 1 the doge charger number 2 the mercerdicer number 3 the doge carven number 4 mecadees benz number 5 the ford taurus==

Jobs
==In 1980s some of the jobs were running in the Olympic games & Playing tennis. The careers we had were, Fisherman, Equestrian Trainer, Teacher, IT consultant, Flying Instructor, Real Estate Agent, Farmers, Builders, Doctors, Hairdressers, Barbers, Nurses, Politicians and Policemen. most jobs in the 1980's were similar to todays==

An average house in the 1980's would cost around about $32,000.
=**Sports stars**= Rugby star Wally Lewis was haled the king for his superb contributions in the 1980's NRL. Tennis star Evonne Godagong won Winboldon in 1980. In motor racing peter brock was named (king of the mountain) he raced for holden. Some of the sport stars were Madonna and Rubric cube.AIS 1985 squash waterpolo and rowing were introduced.

=**Prime Minister**= Bob Hawke was elected Prime Minister in 1981. He was born on the 9th of December 1929 at Bordertown, South Australia. His father was a church minister and his mother was a school teacher. He graduated with a Arts/Law degree from the Unniversity of Western Australia 1952. He won a scholarship for Economics at Oxford Unniversity, England. In 1956 he married Hazel Marsterson and they had 3 children. Bob Hawk was the Prime Minister the this year error.

=**Facts**= = =
 * 1) 1981 Australia's 200th birthday
 * 2) Australia won the Ashes 1989
 * 3) First space shuttle launch in 1981
 * 4) e-mails were made in the 80s.
 * 5) Year of disaster 1986
 * 6) 6. The colour green and gold became the official colours of Australia in 1984.
 * 7) In the 1980's the summer olympics were held in Moscow.
 * 8) John lennon was assassinated in 1980.
 * 9) Mount St. erupts in 1980.
 * 10) Rubric cube becomes popular in 1980.
 * 11) E.T. was released in 1982.
 * 12) Sally ride becomes the first woman from America to go out into space in 1983.
 * 13) Vietnam War Memorial opened Washington,DC in 1984.
 * 14) The reck of the Titanic found in 1985.(found from History 1980s. com)
 * 15) The space shuttle explodes in 1986. (found by History 1980s. com)
 * 16) In 1980 John Paul 11 shot 2 times in 13th May. (found by 1980s Timeline)
 * 17) Compact discs were invented 1983. (found from 1980s timeline)

=**Education**= Education was changing around the 1980's. A lot of students went to private or boarding schools. In 1987 corporal punishment changed and the slipper and the cane were banned in state schools and it left a lot of teachers unable to control the class because the behaviour in some schools were shocking.

=**Hairstyles**= Afro's spikey blond straight. Emo

=**Music**= Top Ten Songs of the 1980s 1. Call me- Blondie 2. Fame- Irene Cara 3. Working My Way Back To You- Spinners 4. Funky Town- Lipps, Inc 5. Little Jeannie- Elton John 6. Upside Down- Diana Ross 7. He's So Shy- Pointer Sisters 8. Pleased don't Go -KC & The Sunshine Band 9. Do That One More Time- Captain & Thennille 10. Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1 - The S.O.S. Band.

=Population= In the 1980s Melbournes Population was over 16,000 = =