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 91
The quest for new export markets dominated Australian trade policy during the
1950s and 1960s when John McEwen as minister was backed by two very able
public servants, Sir John Crawford and Sir Alan Westerman. Australian exports to
...
The quest for new export markets dominated Australian trade policy during the
1950s and 1960s when John McEwen as minister was backed by two very able
public servants, Sir John Crawford and Sir Alan Westerman. Australian exports to
...
Page 98
Trade unions saw the tariff as creating jobs, and were at one with employers in
defending it. 16 In February 1960 the Menzies government ended import
licensing as a check to inflation, only to find Australian trade under new
international ...
Trade unions saw the tariff as creating jobs, and were at one with employers in
defending it. 16 In February 1960 the Menzies government ended import
licensing as a check to inflation, only to find Australian trade under new
international ...
Page 219
Trade unions joined manufacturers in howls of protest. Unabashed, the Whitlam
government went on to expand the Tariff Board into an Industries Assistance
Commission and entrusted it with numerous inquiries ranging from the
performing ...
Trade unions joined manufacturers in howls of protest. Unabashed, the Whitlam
government went on to expand the Tariff Board into an Industries Assistance
Commission and entrusted it with numerous inquiries ranging from the
performing ...
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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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