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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... legislation . There was little opposition in 1942 when the federal government introduced widows ' pensions , thus bringing to the whole of Australia a benefit pioneered fifteen years earlier by the state government of New South Wales ...
... legislation . There was little opposition in 1942 when the federal government introduced widows ' pensions , thus bringing to the whole of Australia a benefit pioneered fifteen years earlier by the state government of New South Wales ...
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... legislation - less from sympathy with communism than from libertarian views against banning any political party ... legislation pass . The Communist Party , supported by several trade unions , appealed against the legislation to the High ...
... legislation - less from sympathy with communism than from libertarian views against banning any political party ... legislation pass . The Communist Party , supported by several trade unions , appealed against the legislation to the High ...
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... legislation empowering Canberra to collect receipts duties on behalf of the states . This was rejected by the Senate in 1970 , the DLP joining the Opposition on the grounds that such duties mainly hit the less affluent . Whitlam and the ...
... legislation empowering Canberra to collect receipts duties on behalf of the states . This was rejected by the Senate in 1970 , the DLP joining the Opposition on the grounds that such duties mainly hit the less affluent . Whitlam and the ...
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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