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
Export growth was fostered by a vigorous demand for Australia ' s traditional rural
products ; they generated more than three - quarters of Australia ' s ... Metals and
minerals accounted for no more than 10 per cent of exports , rising to 13 .
Export growth was fostered by a vigorous demand for Australia ' s traditional rural
products ; they generated more than three - quarters of Australia ' s ... Metals and
minerals accounted for no more than 10 per cent of exports , rising to 13 .
Page 249
By 1977 – 78 wool had fallen behind coal and cereals as Australia ' s major
export item . Meat exporters were making the most of the livestock export trade to
the Middle East , so that in 1978 – 79 meat accounted for oneeighth of Australia '
s ...
By 1977 – 78 wool had fallen behind coal and cereals as Australia ' s major
export item . Meat exporters were making the most of the livestock export trade to
the Middle East , so that in 1978 – 79 meat accounted for oneeighth of Australia '
s ...
Page 267
Farm incomes fell sharply with the drop in rural exports . Meanwhile a second
round of increases in world oil prices had stimulated steep inflation in the United
States in 1979 and 1980 , thus pushing up interest rates as well as causing
inflation ...
Farm incomes fell sharply with the drop in rural exports . Meanwhile a second
round of increases in world oil prices had stimulated steep inflation in the United
States in 1979 and 1980 , thus pushing up interest rates as well as causing
inflation ...
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Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 1951 1965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 019554613X, 9780195546132 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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