During the 1960’s, many important things happened that affected the history of Australia. However, this is not what the decade was known for. The Hippies were born into the changing world of the early 1950’s and late 1940’s. They grew up in the midst of a revolution, a time when sexual freedom, drug use and wild music took centre stage. Many of the hippies were rebelling after the post war era, because their parents were very conservative.
(Google 2008. Google image Search, viewed October 2008. http://www.google.com/imghp)
