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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... tion . He was a very Australian type : shrewd and realistic , but abrasive and careless of appearances . Unlike Monash in his time , and unlike MacArthur and Eisenhower in the United States , he could not be publicized as a man fitter ...
... tion . He was a very Australian type : shrewd and realistic , but abrasive and careless of appearances . Unlike Monash in his time , and unlike MacArthur and Eisenhower in the United States , he could not be publicized as a man fitter ...
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... tion to the Commonwealth for five years after the war ended . Only Queensland and New South Wales honoured this arrange- ment . Desultory negotiations persisted , but the Curtin ministry was inhibited from venturing too far because the ...
... tion to the Commonwealth for five years after the war ended . Only Queensland and New South Wales honoured this arrange- ment . Desultory negotiations persisted , but the Curtin ministry was inhibited from venturing too far because the ...
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... tion the Australian - born generation was beginning to take over . No more than 4.5 per cent of Australian residents in 1981 were born in the Mediterranean nations such as Italy and Greece . Except for some Italian and Spanish settlers ...
... tion the Australian - born generation was beginning to take over . No more than 4.5 per cent of Australian residents in 1981 were born in the Mediterranean nations such as Italy and Greece . Except for some Italian and Spanish settlers ...
Contents
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Faithful Ally | 165 |
And It WorksKind Of 19751988 | 245 |
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