>>17916708
Cultural cringe from the British abandoning Australia during WW2. Australia out of revenge basically went on a rampage tearing down victorian and early 20th century archetecture to replace it with "Modern American" architecture. The Queen herself had to step in around the 1970s to try reign it in my forcing heritage listing on old victorian era buildings. The infamous royal exhibition building was slated for demolition in 1979 but was saved by the Queen stepping in.