1950s - Decade in context : Pictures

Pictures

Image 1 - Some women joined the paid workforce in the 1950s, although they were largely confined to low-paid, routine jobs like clerks and secretaries.	Image 2 - Thousands of migrants were employed by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Many of them were war refugees from Europe.
Image 3 - Sir Robert Menzies led Australia from 1949 to 1966.

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