Popular Culture (1950s - present)

By ellie.krust
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    Popular Culture in Australia (1950s - present)

  • Rock Around the Clock released

    Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock was the top song of the 1950s

  • Rear Window

    Considered the top movie of the 1980s

  • Radio was extremley popular

    By 1955, it was estimated that 97% of Australians owned a Radio set

  • Pyscho

    Alfred Hitchcock's film is considered the top movie of the 1980s

  • I Want to Hold Your Hand

    I Want To Hold your Hand by the Beatles was the top song of the 1960s

  • Colour TV introduced in Australia

  • Microsoft was introduced

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded in 1975

  • Jaws

    Stephen Spielbergs film is considered the top movie of the 1970s

  • Stayin' Alive released

    Bee Gees, Stayin' Alive was released

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    Considered the top movie of the 1980s

  • Billie Jean Released

    Billie jean by Michael Jackson was the second top song of the 1980s

  • Pulp Fiction

    Considered the top movie of the 1990s

  • Google was formed

    Google was formed in California in the USA

  • Baby One More Time

    Biritany Spears's Baby One More Time was the most popular song of the 1990s

  • Lose Yourself

    Eminem's song Lose Yourself is th top song of the 2000s

  • The iPhone was introduced

    The iPhone was announced in 2007 be Steve Jobs

  • Toy Story 3

    Considered the top movie of the 2010s

  • Rolling in the Deep

    Adele's Rolling in the Deep is considered the top song of the 2010s

  • The Dark Knights

    Considered the top movie of the 2000s