1975 was a year marked by political upheaval andcultural revival, a time when it was exciting to be anAustralian. Comprising interviews with prominentAustralians who remember the year well, as well as theissues of the time, 1975 explores:The Whitlam Dismissal; the introduction of Medibank,PNG s independence from Australia; the return ofnative land to Aborigines in the Northern Territory; the? rst time unemployment soared passed 5%; the ? rstAustralian political sex scandal to make headlines;Malcolm Fraser s egging in Darwin soon after TheDismissal; Peter Weir s Picnic at Hanging Rock beingshown to an international audience; release of ourhighest selling album by AC/DC, the launch of Radio 2JJ(which became Triple J); and the year that we admittedthat the Vietnam War was a mistake! An enthralling read.