The Oxford History of Australia: 1901-1942, the succeeding ageIn 1901 the separate Australian colonies came together in a Commonwealth. Institutions were fashioned to meet the needs and aspirations of a nation, markets extended, industries enlarged. Over the next forty years Australians pursued schemes of material and social progress through war and economic crisis. This book locates these events within their international and imperial context. Like other regions of white settlement, Australia prospered as a pastoral and agricultural producer - yet it aspired to industrial self-sufficiency. It drew its financial and human capital from Britain and was bound to the parent country by bonds of trade, culture and sentiment - yet it yearned for autonomous nationhood. Four decades of endeavour merely demonstrated the extent of its dependence. This is a narrative history. It draws on the experience of diverse individuals to illustrate larger patterns, and it traces links between social, economic and political processes. But above all, it proceeds from the conviction that the historian must tell a story with purpose. |
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... cent to 30 per cent ; in 1906 it fell further to 21 per cent . Meanwhile Labor increased its support to 92 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
... cent to 30 per cent ; in 1906 it fell further to 21 per cent . Meanwhile Labor increased its support to 92 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
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... cent in the schedule of 1921. Britain also had introduced duties on a limited range of goods at the end of the war ... cent of its imports from Britain and sold Britain 38.7 per cent of its exports . Wheat and wool made up more than two ...
... cent in the schedule of 1921. Britain also had introduced duties on a limited range of goods at the end of the war ... cent of its imports from Britain and sold Britain 38.7 per cent of its exports . Wheat and wool made up more than two ...
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... cent by the middle of 1931 , a level that spelt ruin for many farmers . In 1930 Australia therefore lost £ 40 ... cent of the working population at the beginning of 1929 to 14.6 per cent a year later and to 25.8 per cent at the start of ...
... cent by the middle of 1931 , a level that spelt ruin for many farmers . In 1930 Australia therefore lost £ 40 ... cent of the working population at the beginning of 1929 to 14.6 per cent a year later and to 25.8 per cent at the start of ...
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