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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... continued to present itself exclusively as a white Australia . Australia was also a colonizing power , and Aboriginal policies were not necessarily a sound guide for Papua and New Guinea . Until the Japanese invasion Australians largely ...
... continued to present itself exclusively as a white Australia . Australia was also a colonizing power , and Aboriginal policies were not necessarily a sound guide for Papua and New Guinea . Until the Japanese invasion Australians largely ...
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... continued although the Commonwealth's legal powers might be challenged at any time . Clothing and meat rationing were abolished only in June 1948 , butter and tea not until 1950. The Liberal - Country Party Opposition jibed continu ...
... continued although the Commonwealth's legal powers might be challenged at any time . Clothing and meat rationing were abolished only in June 1948 , butter and tea not until 1950. The Liberal - Country Party Opposition jibed continu ...
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... continued to devote about the same proportion of government spending to social welfare as Whitlam had done , unemployment benefits continued to demand a larger allocation and this meant that most other forms of welfare were gradually ...
... continued to devote about the same proportion of government spending to social welfare as Whitlam had done , unemployment benefits continued to demand a larger allocation and this meant that most other forms of welfare were gradually ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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