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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... Labor at a by - election , and Labor governments won office in Victoria in 1952 and Western Australia in 1953. At the Senate elections of 1953 Labor secured over 50 per cent of the vote ; the party has never done as well since . Against ...
... Labor at a by - election , and Labor governments won office in Victoria in 1952 and Western Australia in 1953. At the Senate elections of 1953 Labor secured over 50 per cent of the vote ; the party has never done as well since . Against ...
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... Labor members of the House of Representatives and a Tasmanian senator seceded to form the Anti - Communist Labor Party . Throughout the 1955 parliamentary session Menzies and his colleagues enjoyed the spectacle of the two Labor parties ...
... Labor members of the House of Representatives and a Tasmanian senator seceded to form the Anti - Communist Labor Party . Throughout the 1955 parliamentary session Menzies and his colleagues enjoyed the spectacle of the two Labor parties ...
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... Labor and its opponents were fairly evenly balanced it would not require the shift of many allegiances to bring about a change of government . The right - wing Labor governments of both states survived the initial challenge in 1955-56 but ...
... Labor and its opponents were fairly evenly balanced it would not require the shift of many allegiances to bring about a change of government . The right - wing Labor governments of both states survived the initial challenge in 1955-56 but ...
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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