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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... 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 Boer War ) and only three had briefly held ministerial office . Most of them ...
... 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 Boer War ) and only three had briefly held ministerial office . Most of them ...
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... 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 meted out to the Jehovah's Witnesses , a religious sect of pacifist ...
... 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 meted out to the Jehovah's Witnesses , a religious sect of pacifist ...
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... months of taking office Hawke convened a national economic summit of government , business and labour . To enhance the seriousness of the occasion the conference met in Parliament House - the first time in over half a century of its ...
... months of taking office Hawke convened a national economic summit of government , business and labour . To enhance the seriousness of the occasion the conference met in Parliament House - the first time in over half a century of its ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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