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 ,
during which ...
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 ,
during which ...
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granted by one government could be dismantled by another , insisted on going to
the Arbitration Court whose decisions could be enforced on grudging employers .
The unions saw improved wages and hours as the pay off for restraint during ...
granted by one government could be dismantled by another , insisted on going to
the Arbitration Court whose decisions could be enforced on grudging employers .
The unions saw improved wages and hours as the pay off for restraint during ...
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basic wage case went more slowly , partly because in 1947 the government
legislated to make basic wage inquiries a function of the full Arbitration Court ,
thus repudiating the ACTU's idea that the court should be dismantled ; instead ,
the ...
basic wage case went more slowly , partly because in 1947 the government
legislated to make basic wage inquiries a function of the full Arbitration Court ,
thus repudiating the ACTU's idea that the court should be dismantled ; instead ,
the ...
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Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 1951 1965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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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 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 019554613X, 9780195546132 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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