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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The main curb on the Labor government rested with the High Court as interpreters of the federal Constitution . One eminent constitutional scholar has described the years from 1946 to 1949 as ' a period of intense judicial activity ...
The main curb on the Labor government rested with the High Court as interpreters of the federal Constitution . One eminent constitutional scholar has described the years from 1946 to 1949 as ' a period of intense judicial activity ...
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1945 the High Court threw doubts on the Commonwealth's power of expenditure on social services and research . All the welfare measures introduced during the war - child endowment , widows ' pensions , unemployment , sickness and funeral ...
1945 the High Court threw doubts on the Commonwealth's power of expenditure on social services and research . All the welfare measures introduced during the war - child endowment , widows ' pensions , unemployment , sickness and funeral ...
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Despite the clamour the Act passed through parliament and the private banks appealed to the High Court . Evatt insisted on fighting the government's case himself . He was long - winded and abrasive , and he failed .
Despite the clamour the Act passed through parliament and the private banks appealed to the High Court . Evatt insisted on fighting the government's case himself . He was long - winded and abrasive , and he failed .
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Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 019554613X, 9780195546132 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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