The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia

by Michelle Arrow

In 1970 homosexuality was illegal, God Save the Queen was our national anthem and women pretended to be married to access the pill. By the end of the decade conscription was scrapped, tertiary education was free, access to abortion had improved, the White Australia policy was abolished and a woman read the news on the ABC for the first time. The Seventies was the decade that shaped modern Australia. It was the decade of 'It's Time', stagflation and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742234704
• ISBN13: 9781742234700
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"