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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... coalition would have been stimulated to useful re - thinking . As it was , Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which their opponents battled in vain . There was little about the performances of the Liberal ...
... coalition would have been stimulated to useful re - thinking . As it was , Menzies and his colleagues could be seen as a fixture against which their opponents battled in vain . There was little about the performances of the Liberal ...
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... coalition found itself in power after seeming permanently becalmed in opposition by an unjust electoral system . Naturally the coalition soon changed the system so that the injustice worked to their advantage in future.9 The Queensland ...
... coalition found itself in power after seeming permanently becalmed in opposition by an unjust electoral system . Naturally the coalition soon changed the system so that the injustice worked to their advantage in future.9 The Queensland ...
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... coalition was over - complacent . At the election Labor captured fifteen seats from the coalition , eight of them in Queensland . If a ninth had fallen , as appeared at one time likely , Labor and its opponents would have sent equal ...
... coalition was over - complacent . At the election Labor captured fifteen seats from the coalition , eight of them in Queensland . If a ninth had fallen , as appeared at one time likely , Labor and its opponents would have sent equal ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
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