Born in 1961? What Else Happened? The Australian Social History Book

The term New Australian was no longer politically correct. The States still would not allow petrol vending machines. We all thought that Mrs Aeneas Gunn would never die, but she did. Sydney University denied that its Philosophy Department was a centre for free love, and the Brits were talking about joining a Common Market with Europe. Ten Pin Bowling was laying them in the lanes, people were up in arms over Russia resuming nuclear testing. American visitors thought that our public lavatories stank

The books were written by Ron Williams who studied the newspapers day-by-day for a particular year, and then condensed the information into a book for that year.

The books are all A5, black and white, with interesting colour covers. There are no charts or graphs or heavy debate. Just facts and opinions and lots of absurd and bold comments. Very nostalgic, a bit irreverent, for the older reader.

They make great gifts for CHRISTMAS, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and the like.

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