The 1973 Aquarius festival was the event that changed the conservative, quiet town of Nimbin into the countercultural capital of Australia . The main aim of the festival as stated by Graeme Dunstan, one of the festival organisers was to “Organise a festival without a program, and invite all the aspects of the counterculture to assemble to the site and see what community we created out of that”. Nimbin was a dying dairy town in desperate need of business, located in the Northern Rivers of NSW. When the Australian Union of Students went searching for a rural town with a warm climate and facilities to hold the festival, the isolated town of Nimbin suited their festival needs. Despite the differences in lifestyle and values, Nimbin agreed to …show more content…
It displays the various building structures made of natural resources. Using natural resources for sustained living sparked new age of thinking on a national level . This video is effective in my study as it gives a visual representation into the lifestyle of the Aquarians which I could then compare to the townspeople to see how different their lives were. This video comes from a credible source with written details about the content of the video. The only limitation is it doesn’t directly focus on my main question of research.
Dunstan, Graeme. 2016. "The Aquarius Festival". Rainbow Dreaming. Accessed April 21. http://www.rainbowdreaming.org/the_aquarius_festival.html.
Graeme Dunstan’s written piece provides some background behind the time period of the Aquarius Festival, with reference to social activism and the Vietnam War. He lists the events that occurred during the 10 days and described his thoughts about how the festival impacted his life. While this piece is valuable in the investigation of what the Aquarians felt about their interaction with Nimbin, its weakness is it is only a few short paragraphs. More details would have been able to strengthen my research.
Dunstan, G and D Ramsey. 2015. Remembering The 1973 Nimbin Aquarius Festival With Graeme Dunstan. Video.
The 2014 Walkley Award winning documentary, "Cronulla Riots: the day that shocked the nation" reveals to us a whole new side of Aussie culture. No more she’ll be right, no more fair go and sadly no more fair dinkum. The doco proved to all of us (or is it just me?) that the Australian identity isn’t really what we believe it to be. After viewing this documentary
In the summer of 1969, a music festival called, “Woodstock”, took place for three straight days in Upstate, New York, with thirty-two musical acts playing, and 500,000 people from around the world coming to join this musical, peaceful movement. Woodstock started out being a small concert, created to locally promote peace in the world, by the power of music and its lyrics. Now, Woodstock is still being celebrated over 40 years later. The chaotic political climate that the ‘baby boomers’ were growing up in is most likely the reason for this event becoming of such an importance to the world. The violence of the Vietnam War, protests at Kent State and the Democratic Convention, and the assassinations contributed to an ‘out of control’ world. The fact that so many people came to Woodstock and were able to latch onto the ideals of peace, love, and community became a wonderful, joyous symbol to this generation. This three day music festival represented the ideal for baby boomers during a chaotic political time.
Peace and music over powered the 600-acre dairy farm in the town of Bethel, New York 46 years ago. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a festival known as an Aquarian Exposition of three days. For an audience of 400,000 people, 32 acts performed outdoors. Woodstock was a pivotal moment in music history as it changed the world of rock ‘n’ roll. The festival connected the 1960s counterculture generation through the power of music. Art and new ideas were the main historical force that changed society August 15th through the 17th in 1969, leaving a powerful influence on the Western world between the late 1960s and mid 1970s.
The “Fall Frolic” began with “King Neptune”, a man named Hudson Maxim, who wore a crown, seaweed robe, and long white beard. King Neptune announced the competitors and partici...
In 1969 at Bethel, New York, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was 3 day event that was all about peace, love, music, and partying. It was a historic event that changed what was known back then as the “hippie movement”. At Woodstock there were many influential artists that performed at this huge event. It was a popular festival that led the later generations to embrace the sentiment and mood of what Woodstock came to represent. People didn’t realize (until later) how historic Woodstock really was. Woodstock was actually supposed to be a simple small event that would have around a only expected to have 5,000 people attend. It surpassed all expectations by having nearly 500,000 people attend. In the end it actually become a
The 1964 Australian Freedom Rides were conducted by Sydney University students who were a part of a group called Student Action for Aboriginals (SAFA), led by none other than Charles Perkins— a man who would be the first Australian Aboriginal University graduate and was, at the time, a passionate third year arts student when he was elected leader of the SAFA.— Despite the name, the freedom rides took place on the 12th of February in 1965, the 1964 title refers to when SAFA banded together to organise the rides and insure sufficient media coverage was had. The students’ aim was to draw attention to the poor health, education, and housing that the Aborigines had, to point out and deteriorate the social discrimination barriers that existed between the ‘whites’ and Aborigines, and to support and encourage Aborigines to resi...
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...ollution are depressing. Wetlands appear to be protected in the United States, but are still being destroyed by over development and pollution. I was a little shocked to see the amount of water the private water companies have bought rights to world-wide. I was even more shocked to learn the amount of water rights the private water companies had here in the United States. Many areas in the United States has outsourced our water to private companies already. Privatization is not just a problem abroad, it is also happening here at home. I believe the film would be a great tool to change people’s attitudes in the more developed nations that take water for granted. The visuals of people all over the world fighting for their basic right to something so simple, yet so paramount to living, such as water should make anyone take a second and think about what they are doing.
During the 1960s America was involved and distracted with different problems. One of these conflicts had to do with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., where riots began in cities across the country. Also, America was deeply involved during the continuing military conflict in Vietnam. As President Nixon continued drafting boys to Vietnam, riots were ongoing, including many campus protest movements. During these movements, people marched for peace and burned draft cards (“Did Woodstock Change America?”). Both of these conflicts brought a culture of public demonstration, where people would show what they were feeling peacefully and violently. “People were also judged and punished because of what they did. Some people were arrested, had left home, or got expelled from school just because of their choices in style”(Young and Lang 100). The Woodstock festival was a chance to support the music and style they liked and peacefully p...
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Jean Kilbourne, Richard Pollay, Sut Jhally, Bernard McGrane and other noted critics, performing a cultural
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Imagination Nation highlights the culture of the 1960’s. Instead of portraying the 60’s as a time of debauchery like much literature, Imagination Nation shows the reality of the time. The sixties were a time of “Conscience objection to the ways of the previous generations”(69). The 14 essays published were to support and explain the reasons behind the movement. Many of these essays directly correlate and support that counter culture was deeper than the drugs, music, and tie-dye.
...ll beyond the festival itself. Overall the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a great success. It was unexpected, remarkable, and memorable. The festival of course caused some inconvenience to the surrounding communities and some area residents were suspicious of the unconventional looks and behavior of the young people who attended. Yet the festival was peaceful. America's youths surprised many people by the festivals success. If it wasn't for their peaceful ways, the festival would not have been as prevailing. This event is though by many to mark a high point in the American counterculture (Sandow, 1). So much more came out of this music and art festival than expected. Woodstock has changed the outlook on rock and roll, the 1960s, and togetherness. It proved that when people come together for a commendable cause, good things happen. That good thing was Woodstock.
Interview Mr. Nien with His Daughter. The Harbinger. 27 Mar. 2001. 21 May 2004 .