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Films popular in Australia

Fears that family life was being eroded.
Most films silent, the first talky, The Jazz Singer, shown in Australia in 1929.
Influx of American films in the 1920 effectively killed Australian cinema industry.

The radio was very popular in Australia.

The Wireless was very popular.
First regular broadcasts in 1923.
Listeners paid a licence to listen.
290,000 issued by 1929.
Broadcasting licences managed by the Postmaster-General’s Department.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation created in 1932.