Rockin', rollin', hair & hippies : 1945-1972 / Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan.

By: French, Jackie [author.]Contributor(s): Sheehan, Peter, 1964- [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextSeries: French, Jackie. Fair dinkum histories ; 7.Fair dinkum histories ; 7Publisher: Lindfield, NSW : Omnibus Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2010Description: 163 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1742762506; 9781742762500Other title: Rocking, rolling, hair and hippiesSubject(s): 1945-1972 | Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- History -- 1965-1972 -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- History -- 1965- -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- History -- 1945-1965 -- Juvenile literature | Australia | Australia -- History -- 1965-1972 | Australia -- History -- 1945-1965 | Australian history | AustralianGenre/Form: Juvenile works | History | Juvenile works DDC classification: 994.05 Summary: World War II was over, and it was a good time to be Australian. Rock 'n' roll, television and the Olympics had come down under. But underneath it all was the menace of the Cold War, and then came the horrors of Korea and Vietnam. Why couldn't we all just get along? Covers a pivotal time in Australia's history, as ideologies clashed and a new national identity was evolving.
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First published by Scholastic Press in 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.

World War II was over, and it was a good time to be Australian. Rock 'n' roll, television and the Olympics had come down under. But underneath it all was the menace of the Cold War, and then came the horrors of Korea and Vietnam. Why couldn't we all just get along? Covers a pivotal time in Australia's history, as ideologies clashed and a new national identity was evolving.

For upper primary/lower secondary students.

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