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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Page 42
... political parties gave their support , and the referendum passed , but even then over 45 per cent of the voters said ... political parties had come to accept the principle of pooling . The test case was the wheat industry , which during ...
... political parties gave their support , and the referendum passed , but even then over 45 per cent of the voters said ... political parties had come to accept the principle of pooling . The test case was the wheat industry , which during ...
Page 89
... 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 government lost ...
... 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 government lost ...
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... political dialogue , and these might have dwindled into futility if Labor under Whitlam had not offered a feasible alternative to the old coalition . By seeming an instrument which might enable the reformers ' hopes to become reality ...
... political dialogue , and these might have dwindled into futility if Labor under Whitlam had not offered a feasible alternative to the old coalition . By seeming an instrument which might enable the reformers ' hopes to become reality ...
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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