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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... worker for the same money he was likely to pick a man . Employer groups sent up one hostile legal challenge after another against the operations of the government's Women's Employment Board , until by ... workers THE PEOPLE AT WAR 23.
... worker for the same money he was likely to pick a man . Employer groups sent up one hostile legal challenge after another against the operations of the government's Women's Employment Board , until by ... workers THE PEOPLE AT WAR 23.
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... workers and their families . Although in February 1947 standard wages were prescribed for Aboriginal station- hands in the Northern Territory , they fell well short of the minimum pay for non - Aborigines . In the Pilbara district of ...
... workers and their families . Although in February 1947 standard wages were prescribed for Aboriginal station- hands in the Northern Territory , they fell well short of the minimum pay for non - Aborigines . In the Pilbara district of ...
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... workers were also challenged by technological change . Since the late 1950s scientific laboratories and financial corporations had been using computer technology , but it was only with the introduction of microprocessors in the early ...
... workers were also challenged by technological change . Since the late 1950s scientific laboratories and financial corporations had been using computer technology , but it was only with the introduction of microprocessors in the early ...
Contents
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Faithful Ally | 165 |
And It WorksKind Of 19751988 | 245 |
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