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Text in a retro font reading '1975 Living in the Seventies' on a bright orange background
1975: Living in the Seventies

Look back on life in the 70s including politics, feminism, pop culture, news of the day, and more.

Exhibition
Black and white photo of a young woman counting coins and notes at a desk.

Ern McQuillan & Mike McQuillan, Waltons city department store employee being trained for the introduction of decimal currency, Sydney, 17 January, 1966, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138111466

Budgeting

Topic

Decimal currency (dollars and cents) was formally introduced in Australia on 14 February 1966.

Digital Classroom
Cover of ‘The Guide to Successful Baking’, featuring a cut up sponge cake decorated with white icing and strawberries.

Simpson Bros, The Secret of successful baking (detail), 1939, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3070534781

Division

Topic

Division can be used to decrease recipes and serving sizes, and can also handy for sharing food and making sure everyone gets an equal amount.

Digital Classroom
Black and white photo of a factory floor lined with steaming pressure cookers.

Robert Deane, Retort line cooking tins of pie apple. Mountain Maid Pty., Ltd., Batlow, New South Wales, 1997, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-143408852

Multiplication

Topic

Recipes can be multiplied (scaled up) to increase the number of serves (portions) or people being fed. 

Digital Classroom
Book cover for 'Lee’s Priceless Recipes'

William H Lee, N T Oliver & C Van Zandt, Lee's priceless recipes : the standard collection of famous formulas and simple methods (detail), 1912, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2334677540

Measurement

Topic

The Metric System became Australia’s formal measurement system in 1970.

Digital Classroom
Detail of book cover for ‘Cooking Recipes You Will Like’, featuring a child with a wooden spoon and mixing bowl.

WH Comstock Co. Ltd, Cooking recipes you will like (detail), 1938, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3068728610

Cooking with numbers

Module

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics for Year 3 and 4 students. 

Digital Classroom
Group of 10 young children sitting under a Christmas tree with presents

Gypsy Pennefeather, Children under Christmas tree, 1995, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-143121718

Have yourself a merry Library Christmas

Get in the holiday spirit with recipes, crafts, music and more from the collection.

Blog
Collection guide
Claasz Collection

Papers, books, pamphlets, maps and ephemera about Ceylon, with an emphasis on the tea industry, collected by Manfred Claasz.

Collection guide
Advertisement for Macrobertson's chocolate for their 75th anniversary with illustrations of their various chocolates

'Advertising', The Australian Women's Weekly, 22 July 1955, nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4813566

From pantry to print: Classic Aussie brands in 'The Weekly'

Stroll down memory lane and explore how iconic Aussie pantry staples were advertised in the 1940s and 50s.

Blog
Woman with short dark hair wearing a navy short sleeve top smiling at the camera and sitting at a desk with a laptop, papers and a box
Untold histories: Chinese communities in Australia during the Cold War

Hear from 2023 National Library Fellow Dr Mei-Fen Kuo about her research into the impact of Chinese cafes during the Cold War.

Blog
Three colourful advertisements, including a board game, photoshopped on a black and white background

James, Billy & Swallow & Ariell Ltd., Cut yourself a piece of cake and make yourself at home, 1923, nla.obj-178550052. MacRobertson (Firm) issuing body & Specialty Press, MacRobertson's Max-Mints alphabet book (Melbourne, Vic), 1927, nla.obj-278715145. Sanitarium Health Food Company, Wheat-convoy, c.1940, nla.obj-498265913.

Wacky, weird and wonderful marketing

Dive into the world of wacky advertising from decades past.

Blog

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