In April 1961 a group of women are sipping tea at a home in the Melbourne suburb of Cambewell and looking over a range of new plasticware that has come all the way from the United States

They are creating history by attending one of the first Tupperware parties in Australia.

They love the fact that Tupperware is guaranteed to keep products as fresh as the day they are purchased.

After all, the cost of a loaf of bread has just risen to 10 pence or 8 cents a loaf in today’s language whilst the average weekly wage is 17 pound or $34

The ladies marvel at the salt and pepper shakers hanging in a stand, the pastry pals, the snak stors, and the storage containers confusingly called … “square rounds”.

As the party winds down, talk wanders to the foolhardiness of the young brash US president John F Kennedy who has been silly enough to state that the United States will put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

The ladies discuss the performance of Robert Menzies, our own prime minister and they can’t quite understand how a  “pill”, that has just been sold for the first time in Australia can be an effective contraceptive . .

In Liverpool, Brian Epstein signs on as manager of group of young unknown musicians who call themselves …. The Beatles.

His fee …. 25%

British TV introduces us to a different type of Saint

The favourite cartoon on Australian TV is Top Cat,  Philip Morris wants us all to visit a special place called Marlboro country whilst Craven A are making cigarettes specially to prevent sore throats with a pack of 20 costing 2 and 6 pence or 25 cents

Holden releases their brand new EK model which features an amazing technological breakthrough … an automatic transmission

The price tag however, of one thousand one hundred pounds is considered “far too excessive”.

Within a few years, Tupperware will open its manufacturing plant in Fern Tree Gully in Victoria.

Next month - the 1970s!