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Have YOU tried the Stomp? September 1963

Have YOU tried the Stomp? September 1963

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[Australian Women's Weekly ,11 September 1963, p 91 via Trove]

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Breeding delinquents: Surf City 1963-1966

The venue Surf City in the former Kings Cross Theatre on Darlinghurst Road was accused of ‘breeding delinquents’ soon after it opened in 1963. Despite its short lifetime, the venue is crucial to the musical history of Australia. For three years it served as the spiritual home of Australian beat music, giving rise to mainstream pop stars and underground cult heroes whose influence remains today.

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Stomp

Simple and energetic dance that became an Australian teenage craze in the early 1960s with the rise of surf music. Some councils tried to ban it as they feared buildings would collapse. In February 1964 45,000 people turning up to Lane Cove National Park for the Stomp National Championships.

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Australian Women's Weekly

Magazine whose features on lifestyle, cooking, fashion and beauty were to shape Australian domestic life for decades. It became a monthly magazine in 1982.

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