Go Melbourne

Edited by Seamus O'Hanlon and Tanja Luckins
Beaconsfield, Vic. : Circa, 2005

ISBN: 0975780204

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Book description
What were the 1960s really like in Melbourne? Was it just great music, brightly coloured clothes and The Pill ? Or was something deeper and perhaps more insidious happening? This fab new book takes a c lose look at the many cultural changes of the Sixties and how they affected the seemingly conservative city of Melbourne — and questions modern-day views about the way times actually did ‘a’change’.

Go! Melbourne in the Sixties covers defining moments like the visit of The Beatles, the end of six- o’clock closing, the anti-war rallies, Jean Shrimpton at Flemington, as well as increases in tertiary study opportunities, dramatic population growth through migration and a baby-boom, and sets them in the context of a decade that many see as a golden era. [Publisher's website]

About the author
Dr Seamus O'Hanlon is a senior lecturer in the School of Historical Studies and co-ordinator of the Master of Public History program at Monash University. His major research interests focus on Australian and British urban and social history, especially the history of non-traditional dwelling forms. Dr O'Hanlon is the author of Together Apart: boarding house, hostel and flat life in pre-war Melbourne (2002).

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