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In my answers for this task, I found that a lot of the ideals shared by the community were adjacent to how the government felt and persuaded others to feel. Therefore, it is inevitable to address these issues in two parts being: - How the government saw it - How the community saw it Although the Australian people seemed to be divided in their opinions about the issues raised in my survey, my interviewee seemed to have the same ideals as the general theme of the government which is obviously due to education by school teachers and parents of the day and age as my Father was only a school boy in the 1960’s. I have addressed all the relevant questions in three sections being Political Economic Social This was an easy way of comparing the answers in their own sections to be able to reach a verdict on how true or false the government ideals were to the community and the individual. I attacked the task in 3 sectors as well. First I researched the time period, looking for special events or happenings politically, economically and socially. Secondly I converted my researched information into 8 specific questions that would reflect how the time period impacted on the individual politically, economically, and socially. Thirdly I took the information from my research and from my questions and then compared the answers of my interviewee and the factual detail to bring this report to you. Political Politically, point-of-view was the dividing line that separated attitudes during the sixty’s decade. Robert Menzies was the Australian Prime Minister from the beginning of the period at focus to 1966 and then handing leadership over to Harold Holt of the same party being Liberal. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War became a controversial issue of the 1960’s. This ongoing conflict between the North and South of Vietnam was in focus in Australian minds because the fear of communism spreading was largely present. Due to Australia’s part in SEATO, our involvement in this civil conflict was inevitable. I found that my father was subject to the governments ideals of how educated the community should remain towards foreign policy. This can be said because while admitting that he was well educated towards political happenings of the time, my father was oblivious to the reasons for Australia’s involvement, which was of course due to the SEATO (anti communist) treaty.
Approximate Word count = 1544
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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