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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What happened previously must never happen again'.' If the war could be won by
systematic planning then planning would be a sound basis for social action in the
post-war world. The Curtin government began with a highly significant ...
What happened previously must never happen again'.' If the war could be won by
systematic planning then planning would be a sound basis for social action in the
post-war world. The Curtin government began with a highly significant ...
Page 145
There was usually enough support in those states for the party to pick up one or
two seats in the Senate, although its share of the national vote peaked at 9 per
cent in 1958 and 1961 and was never enough to earn them a seat in the lower ...
There was usually enough support in those states for the party to pick up one or
two seats in the Senate, although its share of the national vote peaked at 9 per
cent in 1958 and 1961 and was never enough to earn them a seat in the lower ...
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Menzies never ceased to plume himself on the part he played in great-power
diplomacy over Suez. He sedulously kept every favourable press-cutting about
his role in the crisis, and as an old man long in retirement he wrote to Eden on his
...
Menzies never ceased to plume himself on the part he played in great-power
diplomacy over Suez. He sedulously kept every favourable press-cutting about
his role in the crisis, and as an old man long in retirement he wrote to Eden on his
...
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Contents
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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| 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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