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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Acting on its recommendations , the Commonwealth government set up a
Ministry of Works and Housing in July 1945 and in September negotiated an
agreement providing federal funding for the state governments to build low - cost
rental ...
Acting on its recommendations , the Commonwealth government set up a
Ministry of Works and Housing in July 1945 and in September negotiated an
agreement providing federal funding for the state governments to build low - cost
rental ...
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was regarded mainly as a support for primary industry , which provided 20 per
cent of its funding . Secondary industry contributed virtually nothing . When
attempts were made around 1960 to foster chemical engineering the
petrochemical ...
was regarded mainly as a support for primary industry , which provided 20 per
cent of its funding . Secondary industry contributed virtually nothing . When
attempts were made around 1960 to foster chemical engineering the
petrochemical ...
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Holt , with a life - long interest in theatre and the ballet , listened receptively when
H . C . Coombs argued that arts funding required a government agency of wider
scope than the successful Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust . Shortly before ...
Holt , with a life - long interest in theatre and the ballet , listened receptively when
H . C . Coombs argued that arts funding required a government agency of wider
scope than the successful Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust . Shortly before ...
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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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