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The 80s

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/everyday-life-in-sa-in-the-1980s/image-gallery/6694d857d5ba7724150610ea19f0ca1b

https://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1980/decade_landing_2.html?tabRank=4
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Science and Inventions in the 80s

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Polymer Banknotes 1988

  • ELECTRONIC PACEMAKER.

  • MEDICAL APPLICATION OF PENICILLIN. 

  • POLYMER BANK NOTES. 

  • COCHLEAR IMPLANT (BIONIC EAR) .

  • ELECTRIC DRILL. 

  • WINGED KEEL. 

  • WI-FI TECHNOLOGY.

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The discovery of Aids
SPORT
https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/a_sporting_nation.pdf
A time of great change in sport.
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Entertainment

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Music from the 80s

–Mental As Anything

Rock And Roll Music

–Kylie Minogue

Locomotion

–Models (2)

Barbados

–Jimmy Barnes

I'd Die To Be With You Tonight

–The Black Sorrows

Chained To The Wheel

–I'm Talking

Trust Me

–Ian Moss

Tuckers Daughter

–Noiseworks

Touch

–The Party Boys (3)

He's Gonna Step On You Again

–Angry Anderson

Suddenly

–The Church

Under The Milky Way

–AC/DC

You Shook Me All Night Long

–Rose Tattoo

We Can't Be Beaten

–The Angels

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

–James Freud

Hurricane

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–Wa Wa Nee

Stimulation

–Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

Especially For You

–Eurogliders

Heaven

–Split Enz

Six Months In A Leaky Boat

–Swingers*

Counting The Beat

–Tim Finn

Fraction Too Much Friction

–Chantoozies*

Witch Queen

–Jason Donovan

Nothing Can Divide Us

–Big Pig

Breakaway

–Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls

To Her Door

–Dave Dobbyn

Slice Of Heaven

–Men At Work

Who Can It Be Now?

–John Schumann & Redgum

I Was Only 19

–Renee Geyer

Say I Love You

–Choirboys

Run To Paradise

–Paul Norton

Stuck On You

Film
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Uluru "Hand back" 1985
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https://myplace.edu.au/teaching_activities/1988/3/the_bicentenary.html
Bicentennary 1988
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http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/economy.html
The Economy and Globalisation int 1980s

50 Year Jubilee Celebrations  The Dinkum Fair

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The background painting was done by Joy Haynes 2007 printed with permission of the owner.

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