Quark

We’ve got a problem in Australia.  For many decades our way of life has been under attack from within.  A persistent voice via the mainstream media has ruled our dinner party conversations. 

Let’s start with the way we live in suburbs of large cities - largely in detached bungalows surrounded by gardens.  

A volunteers' pamphlet for the 1956 Olympic Games shows a photo of the then Lord Mayor (Sir Frank Selleck) and describes Melbourne as " a proud city of 1.5 million people" and its suburbs with tree lined streets giving privacy to "neat homes”.