1959 arrived with its usual lack of ceremony, though Australia behaved as if someone had sounded a brass band. Holden released its new FC range, sedan, wagon, utility, an incremental improvement that Australians embraced with the fervour usually reserved for royal visits or test cricket. The Menzies Government returned itself to office, content with its own familiarity. Canberra, still half sheep paddock and half promise, issued declarations about national development, dams, roads, powerlines, the vague optimism of a nation convinced growth was inevitable.