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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Page 112
... school an increasing share of the task of moral training'.3 In state schools local clergy con- fronted , once weekly , large and apathetic classes of mixed ages . Catholic schools interspersed the teaching day with prayers at stated ...
... school an increasing share of the task of moral training'.3 In state schools local clergy con- fronted , once weekly , large and apathetic classes of mixed ages . Catholic schools interspersed the teaching day with prayers at stated ...
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... schools as Fort Street in Sydney , MacRobertson and University High schools in Melbourne , and Perth Modern School . In the post - war era they were seen as creating élitism . High schools , it was thought , should be comprehensive ...
... schools as Fort Street in Sydney , MacRobertson and University High schools in Melbourne , and Perth Modern School . In the post - war era they were seen as creating élitism . High schools , it was thought , should be comprehensive ...
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... schools and throwing nearly 7000 new enrolments on the state system . This soon persuaded state and federal governments to reverse the policies of eighty years and fund church schools . It was a blow to the waning forces of sectarianism ...
... schools and throwing nearly 7000 new enrolments on the state system . This soon persuaded state and federal governments to reverse the policies of eighty years and fund church schools . It was a blow to the waning forces of sectarianism ...
Contents
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Faithful Ally | 165 |
And It WorksKind Of 19751988 | 245 |
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