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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In February and March 1942 the federal authorities rounded up more than twenty
members of the ' Australia First ' movement who saw Australia ' s defence as
overriding any obligations to Britain or its empire . Two were imprisoned and two
...
In February and March 1942 the federal authorities rounded up more than twenty
members of the ' Australia First ' movement who saw Australia ' s defence as
overriding any obligations to Britain or its empire . Two were imprisoned and two
...
Page 286
It was the biggest protest march that Sydney had seen since the height of the anti
- Vietnam demonstrations twenty years previously . Unlike the Vietnam protests ,
and despite some heartfelt oratory , there was no violence by either marchers or ...
It was the biggest protest march that Sydney had seen since the height of the anti
- Vietnam demonstrations twenty years previously . Unlike the Vietnam protests ,
and despite some heartfelt oratory , there was no violence by either marchers or ...
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50 ( 29 March 1966 ) , p . 701 . 25 B . Grant , Indonesia , Penguin , Ringwood , p .
199 . 26 Sir John Gorton , oral history interview , 24 March 1976 , NLA TRC 121 /
78 . An equally telling criticism comes from the then ambassador to Washington ...
50 ( 29 March 1966 ) , p . 701 . 25 B . Grant , Indonesia , Penguin , Ringwood , p .
199 . 26 Sir John Gorton , oral history interview , 24 March 1976 , NLA TRC 121 /
78 . An equally telling criticism comes from the then ambassador to Washington ...
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Contents
The People at War | 3 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Sep 2009 |
| ISBN | 019554613X, 9780195546132 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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