

Was financial deregulation inevitable in the 1980s? The Forces Driving Financial Deregulation in Australia in the 1980s Transformations in thinking and overseas influences in the 1960s and 1970s led Aboriginal people to a newfound pride in their Aboriginality and the desire to seek changes to the Aboriginal condition and take control of their own affairs. The 1969 Aboriginal Takeover of the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League – Indigenous and Black Power Inspirations While these rights may seem relatively small to us now, they were considered substantial at the time and paved the way for future gains.

Voting Valkyries: The First Australian FeministsĪustralian women gained a number of political, civil and social rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with access to academic studies, the right to vote and welfare provisions. 2022 HTAV Annual Conference – Thank you!.HTAV Professional Learning Outreach Program.Victorian and Australian Teachers’ Associations.Interstate History Teaching Associations.The last tradition left was the weekly dance, which ceremoniously brought these courageous women and men together for a quickstep, fox trot and brief respite from the rigours of wartime.

For the first time, women were doing their bit as nurses in war zones, members of the services, farmhands, factory workers or volunteers in community service. Their passion, courage, resilience and commitment during wartime were all a precursor to the astonishing changes brought about by this incredible generation. From Malta to Australia, New Zealand to the UK, the challenges and adventures faced by these women were unprecedented. Revealing poignant and personal conversations, photographs and letters, Between the Dances is a testament to real life during World War 2. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before – into the services and workplaces previously considered the sole preserve of men.In preparation for her book Between the Dances, Jacqueline Dinan, interviewed over three hundred women around Australia to collect the last first hand stories from World War Two. The start of World War 2 changed women's lives and their place in Australian society forever.
