Download or read book The Forgotten Fifties written by John Murphy and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays taking a new look at social and cultural aspects of the 1950s in Australia. Research presented here suggests a much more complex cultural period, drawing out themes such as sexuality, modernism, suburbanism and popular and public culture.