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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6 The Secondary Industries Commission took a narrower view of its mandate by
concentrating on the conversion of munitions factories to peacetime uses and
ignoring long - term goals . Australia therefore remained committed by default to
the ...
6 The Secondary Industries Commission took a narrower view of its mandate by
concentrating on the conversion of munitions factories to peacetime uses and
ignoring long - term goals . Australia therefore remained committed by default to
the ...
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Cancer in its various forms took another 15 per cent . Lung cancer was seven
times more common among men than among women , its link with smoking as
yet undemonstrated , although in Adelaide the veteran pathologist Sir John
Cleland ...
Cancer in its various forms took another 15 per cent . Lung cancer was seven
times more common among men than among women , its link with smoking as
yet undemonstrated , although in Adelaide the veteran pathologist Sir John
Cleland ...
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Kerr took no notice . Much more than his original dismissal of Whitlam , this was a
gross breach of constitutional practice , but by this time nobody was worrying
much about technicalities . Kerr ' s official secretary was despatched late in the ...
Kerr took no notice . Much more than his original dismissal of Whitlam , this was a
gross breach of constitutional practice , but by this time nobody was worrying
much about technicalities . Kerr ' s official secretary was despatched late in the ...
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Contents
The People at War | 3 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
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