HSTY2614 Suburban Domesticty
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This document summarizes Dave Earl's research on suburban domesticity in Australia from the 1950s. It examines the idealization of the nuclear family and domestic life through images and advertisements of the time. It also looks at factors influencing the suburbanization of Australia like the decline in birth rates, infant mortality rates, and increasing household sizes. The summary explores how policies aimed to support and shape the postwar family through migrant training programs, veteran rehabilitation, and promoting marriage and childrearing.
![ELAINE TYLER MAY
May, Elaine Tyler. Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era. 20th Anniversary Edition ed. New York: Basic Books, 2008
[1988].
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HSTY2614 Suburban Domesticty
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- 2. HEWLETT FAMILY Hewlett Family, c.1953. Authors possession. 2
- 3. DOMESTIC APPLIANCES: ONLY A DREAM? Models Demonstrating Hoover Vacuums, 1952. State Library of Western Australia, 8292B/26974-1. 3
- 4. A SCANDAL DEMANDING ATTENTION Our Asylums Still in the Dark Ages, SMH 15th May, 1949, 6. 4
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- 27. VICTORIAS IDEAL CHILD 27
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- 35. MIGRANT TRAINING Dr Eva Haarmann (standing, right), of Vienna, gives an English Lesson to other Australian migrants, NAA A12111, 1/1955/32/21. 35
- 36. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1947. NAA B4498, 59D8. 36
- 37. VETERAN REHABILITATION Heidelberg Military Hospital, Victoria, 1944, SLV H99.201/1174. 37
- 38. WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME Australian Womens Weekly, 9th March 1946: 11 38
- 39. CRUDE MARRIAGE RATE IN AUSTRALIA 14.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1921 1924 1927 1930 1933 1936 1939 1942 1945 1948 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 Number of marriages per year per 1,000 population Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Historical Population Statistics, 2006 39
- 40. MARRIAGE BOOM Mrs H.H. Kinninmont wedding, Hunters Hill, Hood Collection a436005, SLNSW. 40
- 41. BABY BOOM Cr竪che at large maternity hospital, 1954. NAA A1200/1 L15678. 41
- 42. Baby Trying to Mow Lawn from Pram, Springvale, 1950, Museum Victoria, MM 110922 42
- 43. BIRMINGHAM GARDENS, NSW Hood Collection, SLNSW hood_28109. 43
- 44. QUEENSLAND HOLDEN LAUNCH 1948 The Queensland launch of the Holden 48/215 at Eagers Motors, SLQ neg. #111267. 44
- 45. MY HUSBANDS A DIFFERENT MAN! Australian Womens Weekly, 12th March, 1949: 20. 45
- 46. MAN ON SUBURBAN MARRIAGE Man magazine, March 1952. 46
- 47. ATTRACTING A MAN IS A CINCH Courier-Mail, 28th March 1947, 7. 47
- 48. MARRIAGES START IN THE KITCHEN! Australian Womens Weekly, 11th March 1947, 44. 48
- 49. DONT CRY DEAR LADY Australian Screen and Sound Archive: http://aso.gov.au/titles/ads/tandaco-prepared-stuffing/clip1/ 49
- 50. MY WIFE WORKS AND I HATE IT! Australian Womens Weekly, 18th March, 1959: 4. 50
- 51. WORKING WIVES ON WARPATH Australian Womens Weekly, 15th April, 1959: 6. 51
- 52. DAVE EARL daveearl.net | dear7745@uni.sydney.edu.au DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY | SCHOOL OF PHILISOPICAL AND HISTORICAL ENQUIRY