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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... Prime Minister John Curtin , a 57 - year - old former journalist , had come to the fore as a fervent anti - conscriptionist during the First World War . His potential for national leadership was an unknown quantity , but in six years of ...
... Prime Minister John Curtin , a 57 - year - old former journalist , had come to the fore as a fervent anti - conscriptionist during the First World War . His potential for national leadership was an unknown quantity , but in six years of ...
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... prime minister.27 Several members of the new cabinet had experience of office . The Country Party took the main financial portfolios : its shrewd , earthy leader Arthur Fadden became treasurer and deputy prime minister , with the ...
... prime minister.27 Several members of the new cabinet had experience of office . The Country Party took the main financial portfolios : its shrewd , earthy leader Arthur Fadden became treasurer and deputy prime minister , with the ...
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... prime minister was the affable Harold Holt , minister for labour and immigration at just over forty . He would maintain Calwell's initiatives with more than Calwell's diplomacy . Another Liberal appointee was the first woman to enter a ...
... prime minister was the affable Harold Holt , minister for labour and immigration at just over forty . He would maintain Calwell's initiatives with more than Calwell's diplomacy . Another Liberal appointee was the first woman to enter a ...
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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