Since the television first arrived in Australia in 1956, it has changed many different aspects of the residents of Australia. The first major change that the television brought was for the youth of generation X, the youth of this generation was the first group to have access and be influenced by the television. Generation X was born between 1965 and 1979 this estimates to 4.4 million Australians equalling to 21% of the population. (Change Driver, 2009) The television first came to homes in Sydney in October 1956. (Television.au , 2015) In 1955 the first Australian television licence was given to channel 7 and to channel 9. The largest test transmission that was undertaken was the broadcasting of the Melbourne Olympic Games which was aired