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 105
Although wage - fixing was no longer part of the judicial process , the commission
continued to see its main function as the containment of industrial disputes , and
employers often criticized it for paying more attention to the cost of living than to ...
Although wage - fixing was no longer part of the judicial process , the commission
continued to see its main function as the containment of industrial disputes , and
employers often criticized it for paying more attention to the cost of living than to ...
Page 106
... migration officer in Italy : if immigration implied multicultural activities within
Australian society , then it was not the type of Australia wanted . I am quite
determined we should have a monoculture , with everyone living in the 106 THE
OXFORD ...
... migration officer in Italy : if immigration implied multicultural activities within
Australian society , then it was not the type of Australia wanted . I am quite
determined we should have a monoculture , with everyone living in the 106 THE
OXFORD ...
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About 13 per cent of all children were conceived out of wedlock , but in two -
thirds of such cases the parents married before the baby was born . The child
would probably have been one of three , living with both parents in a suburban
house in ...
About 13 per cent of all children were conceived out of wedlock , but in two -
thirds of such cases the parents married before the baby was born . The child
would probably have been one of three , living with both parents in a suburban
house in ...
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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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