26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s

 

The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut performance at the St. George leagues club in Sydney in January 1974, Humphries recalled, “I understood later that many members of the audience thought Les was genuinely a club official, which says a lot for his charm and sincerity.”

Also in the 1970s, someone was taking these pictures of the country where the mullet ruled, men were men and sheep were nervous: