Friday, August 24, 2012

Threads- History Week 2012

Swinging Sixties? Fashion and Culture in Sixties Australia

When did that much-mythologised decade known worldwide as ‘the sixties’ begin in Australia? How did popular culture make sense of the social and cultural change of the period?

Dr Michelle Arrow, author of Friday on Our Minds: Popular Culture since 1945 in Australia, will explore the fashion and popular culture of ‘the sixties’ in this public lecture.
When: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 from 11:00am to 01:00pm
Where: Australian History Museum, Building W6A, Level 1, Macquarie University , North Ryde

Contact: Jane Thogersen, 98508870, ahmuseum@mq.edu.au, www.austhistmuseum.mq.edu.au