The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5The postwar period has seen radical changes in Australia. Increased dependence on the United States, an influx of European and Asian immigrants, and a series of economic booms and recessions have confronted Australians with the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian region and securing a prosperous future with declining support from European markets and investment. This final volume in the Oxford History of Australia details this volatile period, showing that while some Australians have resisted the pressures for change, most have adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the task of creating a new nation able to survive into the 21st century. |
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... politicians and bureaucrats . Undeniably there was a risk that a public service recruited as an agent of reform might fatten into a mandarin caste . Between 1939 and 1951 the number of public servants rose by over 300 per cent to form ...
... politicians and bureaucrats . Undeniably there was a risk that a public service recruited as an agent of reform might fatten into a mandarin caste . Between 1939 and 1951 the number of public servants rose by over 300 per cent to form ...
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... politicians : the chief justice Sir John Latham ( formerly an anti - Labor attorney - general ) , and a Labor appointee , Edward McTiernan . Although opposed on many points both tended to the pragmatic view that changing economic and ...
... politicians : the chief justice Sir John Latham ( formerly an anti - Labor attorney - general ) , and a Labor appointee , Edward McTiernan . Although opposed on many points both tended to the pragmatic view that changing economic and ...
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... politicians to stand fast against permissive values . In Queensland Rona Joyner successfully led two pressure groups against what they saw as ' anti - Christian , anti - family socialist - humanist cells active within the education ...
... politicians to stand fast against permissive values . In Queensland Rona Joyner successfully led two pressure groups against what they saw as ' anti - Christian , anti - family socialist - humanist cells active within the education ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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