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1950s Australia
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Post-war Australia quiz focusing on the 1950s.
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1
Which of the following is evidence of the rapid spread of the motor car in 1950s Australia:
The growth of the corner store
Dauphin
The growth of the suburbs
The creation of TAA
2
In which Australian city was the 1956 Olympic Games held in?
Brisbane
Perth
Melbourne
Sydney
3
Why did many people watch television in shop windows in the 1950s?
People used it as a social outing.
They were lazy.
They were expensive to buy.
They had better channels.
4
Asbestos and cement that has been compressed into a board to be used as a building panel:
Fibro
Beaufort
Prefabricated
Asbestos
5
The Prime Minister of Australia elected in 1949 was...
John Curtain
John Howard
Robert Menzies
Ronald Reagan
6
In what year did the television first come to Australia?
1955
1948
1965
1956
7
The government made cheap war-service home loans available for:
single mums
returned servicemen
everyone
families with at least four children
8
Which of the following is not an impact of 'Australia's first car'?
Families started going on more holidays.
Supermarkets were created.
Surfing increased in popularity.
Victa lawnmowers were produced.
9
By 1960, how many Australians owned a motor vehicle?
1 in 4
1 in 8
1 in 3
1 in 6
10
For 1950s Australia, the greatest symbol of prosperity was ownership of a:
dishwasher
motor car
holiday house
lawnmower
11
Vacuum cleaners, toasters, refrigerators and washing machines became affordable symbols of:
'Never never'
post-war affluence
hire purchase
post-war consumerism
12
On 29 November 1948, ‘Australia’s own car’ named the ... came off the production line.
Ford
VW
Toyota
Holden
13
A brick home on a quarter-acre block of land in suburbia, with a car in the garage is known as:
'The Australian Dream'
'Dwelling'
'The Lucky Country'
'Fibro and Fridges'
14
The Baby Boom was a period between ... and ... when a large number of babies were born.
1952 and 1960
1946 and 1960
1945 and 1960
1964 and 1971
15
What was the period after WWII known as in Australia?
Conservative Era
Baby Boom
Reconstruction
Primary Production
