social changes in the 1920's
...rked the same hours . the social image of the 1920’s woman revolved around the family and home . known as the roaring 20’s . technological age – electric jugs - irons - toasters - refrigerator - washing machines .Nov 1923 – sound hit the airwaves – radio had begun . going to the pictures or listening to gramophone records became an everyday part of the 20’s . 1928 first movie with sound . motor cars became a lot more accessible . 1920’s saw the impact of modern transport . medical breakthroughs eg insulin 1922 . health services got better . safer places to live . cleaner water and milk . 1928 Royal flying Doctor service THE STRUGGLE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE . Aboriginal Protection Board est 1863 abolished 1969 . Thousands of Aboriginal children had been taken away from their families and placed in white training institutions . By doing this they hoped the Aboriginals would ‘die out’ . The children were ‘wards of the state’ . by the 1920’s disease, despair and dispossession had led to a rapid decline in the size of the Aboriginal pop. . reserves and stations were closed down in NSW . Aboriginal welfare was little concern to the government . Aboriginal contributions to the war was ‘conveniently’ forgotten . Aboriginal workers were segregated from their white workmates by being forced to eat and camp apart . Exploitation and discrimination was backed by violence . white Australia generally showed littl...