Aside from the fact that American movies meant that Australians had more of an idea about American culture then their own. Not a great deal.
A Yank tank is Australian slang for an extravagent American car, or United States slang to a pre-1950s American car in Cuba.
Very bad...very bad.
During the 1950s, Australians were finally becoming used to not having to worry about a Japanese invasion. The country began looking to America for cultural influences. Australia enjoyed a slower pace than the rest of the world and often made their own entertainment. Family time and childhood education was important to many Australian parents.
The emergence of the television affected American culture in the 1950's because many families gathered together to watch the television, and brought families together.
Many social critics in the 1950s criticized Americans for their conformity. The 1950s were a time of consumerism and everyone wanted to fit in and realize the American Dream.
Tennis, cricket, Aussie rules, rugby, golf, squash, fishing, swimming
Conformity
it was better
The beatniks and the greasers were two subcultures that helped define the 1950s.
The American automobile structure is the most important new idea from the 1950s.
They were racist
Farmers