Turning Points in Australian HistoryMartin Crotty, David Andrew Roberts 'If only', 'what if' and 'why didn't we' are phrases that often come to mind when we look back to the past. This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes. It shows that a decisive event often becomes so only in retrospect and that what seemed like a major turning point at the time often had no real impact at all. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The isolation ofthe Tasmanians | 18 |
26 January 1788 The Arrival of the First Fleet and the Foundation of Australia | 32 |
The tabling of the first Bigge report | 48 |
Australias golden age | 62 |
On utopia and class war | 74 |
1 January 1901 Australia Federates Australia Celebrates | 87 |
Trial trauma and thebirth of the nation | 100 |
Contraceptive technology and the sexual revolution | 157 |
An uncertain consensus | 171 |
The beginnings of womens liberation in Australia | 184 |
The government takes control of the national pastime | 198 |
The environment takes centre stage | 211 |
14 May 1986 Paul Keatings Banana Republic Statement and the End of theGolden Age | 224 |
Seventeen days that changed Australia | 239 |
Notes | 255 |
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