The Oxford History of Australia: 1942-1988, the middle wayThe 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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But none of this was quite enough to lose the election for Labor; as Whitlam
remarked, 'It was not just Petrov'. Petrov may not have lost the election for Labor
but he soon smashed the Labor Party. Before the election Menzies, with Evatt's ...
But none of this was quite enough to lose the election for Labor; as Whitlam
remarked, 'It was not just Petrov'. Petrov may not have lost the election for Labor
but he soon smashed the Labor Party. Before the election Menzies, with Evatt's ...
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A half-Senate election was due in May, after which the government in power
could anticipate rough weather. It was unlikely that Labor would pick up enough
seats to dominate the Senate unless extra vacancies were created. In March
1974 ...
A half-Senate election was due in May, after which the government in power
could anticipate rough weather. It was unlikely that Labor would pick up enough
seats to dominate the Senate unless extra vacancies were created. In March
1974 ...
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Fraser to expect that he would soon be called on to form a caretaker government.
52 Shortly before lunchtime he went to Government House and waited in a
reception room while Whitlam arrived to recommend a half-Senate election. Kerr
did ...
Fraser to expect that he would soon be called on to form a caretaker government.
52 Shortly before lunchtime he went to Government House and waited in a
reception room while Whitlam arrived to recommend a half-Senate election. Kerr
did ...
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Contents
Parti The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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