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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... scheme for national development , the Snowy Mountains Hydro - Electric Scheme . This plan , which took twenty - five years to complete , involved diverting the head- waters of the Snowy River which , fed by the snows of the Australian ...
... scheme for national development , the Snowy Mountains Hydro - Electric Scheme . This plan , which took twenty - five years to complete , involved diverting the head- waters of the Snowy River which , fed by the snows of the Australian ...
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... scheme was open to constitutional challenge much of it worked on gentlemen's agree- ments . Landowners were not threatened with compulsory acqui- sition . The unions curbed unrest . At the political level there was an unusually ...
... scheme was open to constitutional challenge much of it worked on gentlemen's agree- ments . Landowners were not threatened with compulsory acqui- sition . The unions curbed unrest . At the political level there was an unusually ...
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... scheme under which hospital treatment would be free , medical benefits would total at least 85 per cent of the cost of services , and patients could exercise free choice of doctor or hospital . The medical profession , already unsettled ...
... scheme under which hospital treatment would be free , medical benefits would total at least 85 per cent of the cost of services , and patients could exercise free choice of doctor or hospital . The medical profession , already unsettled ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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