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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At the 1946 general election voters were accordingly asked to empower the
Commonwealth to provide social services. All major political parties gave their
support, and the referendum passed, but even then over 45 per cent of the voters
said ...
At the 1946 general election voters were accordingly asked to empower the
Commonwealth to provide social services. All major political parties gave their
support, and the referendum passed, but even then over 45 per cent of the voters
said ...
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This is a mark both of his political skill and the disarray of his Labor opponents,
but more than either it reflects the economic buoyancy of the 1950s and the
1960s when political change came seldom. (Apart from Western Australia no
state ...
This is a mark both of his political skill and the disarray of his Labor opponents,
but more than either it reflects the economic buoyancy of the 1950s and the
1960s when political change came seldom. (Apart from Western Australia no
state ...
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of politics, particularly after twenty unbroken years of LiberalCountry Party rule.
When the parliamentary system appears to be the monopoly of one faction its
credibility suffers. It was not surprising that the late 1960s and early 1970s saw a
...
of politics, particularly after twenty unbroken years of LiberalCountry Party rule.
When the parliamentary system appears to be the monopoly of one faction its
credibility suffers. It was not surprising that the late 1960s and early 1970s saw a
...
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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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