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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10 The government that heard this advice was an untried Labor ministry only four
months in office and depending for its majority on two independents . Only one of
its members had served in the First World War ( three others had been in the ...
10 The government that heard this advice was an untried Labor ministry only four
months in office and depending for its majority on two independents . Only one of
its members had served in the First World War ( three others had been in the ...
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The rest were held without trial for periods ranging from several months to two
years . In 1945 a royal commission found that eight had been detained without
justification and should be awarded compensation . 16 Similar harassment was ...
The rest were held without trial for periods ranging from several months to two
years . In 1945 a royal commission found that eight had been detained without
justification and should be awarded compensation . 16 Similar harassment was ...
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... lay the ghost of Whitlam ' s reputation for economic mismanagement . No past
Labor leader had gone to greater lengths to secure co - operation from business
as well as the trade unions . Within two months of taking office Hawke convened
...
... lay the ghost of Whitlam ' s reputation for economic mismanagement . No past
Labor leader had gone to greater lengths to secure co - operation from business
as well as the trade unions . Within two months of taking office Hawke convened
...
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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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