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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... later . While these events generated patriotic sentiment back in Australia it was still war at a distance , and business , politics and pleasure on the home front went on much as usual . Australian insularity was abruptly and ...
... later . While these events generated patriotic sentiment back in Australia it was still war at a distance , and business , politics and pleasure on the home front went on much as usual . Australian insularity was abruptly and ...
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... later wrote : ' It was only the unilateral 25 per cent cut in the Australian tariff by the Whitlam government which enabled the Liberal - Country Party govern- ment in 1978 and 1979 to secure . . . concessions which benefited our ...
... later wrote : ' It was only the unilateral 25 per cent cut in the Australian tariff by the Whitlam government which enabled the Liberal - Country Party govern- ment in 1978 and 1979 to secure . . . concessions which benefited our ...
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... later challenged Fraser unsuccessfully for the leadership . Lynch retired , mortally ill ; others such as Staley and Garland got out though still in their forties , evidently deeming ministerial office no longer worth the pressures ...
... later challenged Fraser unsuccessfully for the leadership . Lynch retired , mortally ill ; others such as Staley and Garland got out though still in their forties , evidently deeming ministerial office no longer worth the pressures ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions | 163 |
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