A 13-part series
12: The New Wave -
Prime Minister Menzies and the Boom Years
After the Second World War, Australians still enjoyed a British style of life, eating roast beef and Christmas pudding under a tropical sun. But with mass immigration, protest over the Vietnam War, and a minerals boom, Australia began to take on a new character.
Narrator NICK ENRIGHT
With PROFS GEOFFREY BLAINEY MANNING CLARK and HUMPHREY MCQUEEN. and STAN ARNELL. MEREDITH CAMPBELL
HELEN ESTHER. DOROTHY GREEN
KEN JOHNSON. TERRY LOFTUS
PETER LUCK , TED MACK. DAVID MALOUF
LES MURRAY. PETER NEMES
PETER PONITON , GORDON ROSE
ENID WALKERDEN, MAXINE WOODS Music by ELIZABETH PARKER
(BBC Radiophonic Workshop) Script by MIKE WALKER With MICHELLE ROWLAND Technical presentation by ANDREW LAWRENCE , IAIN HUNTER and JOHN DEVINE
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHUN BBC Bristol. Stereo