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June 30, 2021

1970s-1980s: New attitudes

The 1970s in Australia was a tumultuous period of economic and political upheaval. Women, Indigenous people, migrants, and people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities were all demanding changes to the status quo. Politically, the biggest disruption was the election of the Labor Party, with reformist Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister, in 1972 after...
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