Australian History For Dummies. Alex McDermott

of the Postwar Dreamtime Suburbia! The Final Frontier The Rise and Rise of Bob Menzies Tackling the Communist Threat Chapter 19: Taking Things Apart in the 1960s and 1970s Moving On from Empire Attack of the Baby Boomers! Crashing — or Crashing Through — With Gough Chapter 20: When Old Australia Dies … Is New Australia Ready? The Coming of Malcolm Fraser Deregulation Nation Fighting the Culture Wars Battling Over Native Title

      10  Part 6: 2000 and Beyond: Seeking Solutions to Global and Local Problems Chapter 21: Into the New Millennium Still Dealing with the Outside World Facing Up to Challenges at Home Chapter 22: Facing Off Between Two Australias A Dozen Years with a Changing Beat The Australian Cavalcade of Events Tackling Three Seriously Significant Issues Leaders, Politics, Culture and Two Australias

      11  Part 7: The Part of Tens Chapter 23: Ten Things Australia Gave the World The Boomerang The Ticket of Leave System The Secret Ballot The Eight-Hour Day Feature Films The Artificial Pacemaker The Practical Application of Penicillin Airline Safety Devices Permaculture Spray-on Skin Chapter 24: Ten Game-Changing Moments Cook Claims the East Coast of Australia Henry Kable Claims a Suitcase — and Rights for Convicts Gold Discovered Women Get the Vote in South Australia and Federally Building a Fortress out of Australia — the White Australia Policy Australia splits over Conscription Australia on the Western Front The Post–World War II Migration Program Lake Mungo Woman Mabo

      12  Index

      13  About the Author

      14  Connect with Dummies

      15  End User License Agreement

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Aboriginal Australia pre–European settlement.

      2 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: European settlement of Australia really expanded from the 1820s.

      3 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: The establishment of Australian colonies, up to 1851.FIGURE 8-2: A banner commemorating the achievement of an eight-hour working day...

      4 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The routes travelled by Sturt, Leichhardt, Burke and Wills and Stua...

      5 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: A 1915 recruitment poster.

      6 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Front cover of a handbook of farming advice for new settlers in th...FIGURE 14-2: Cartoon from 1916, highlighting what many returned soldiers felt w...

      7 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: By 1942, the area under Japanese control included parts of the Pac...

      8 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: An emigration poster from 1948.

      9 Chapter 21FIGURE 21-1: Cathy Freeman lighting the flame at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4 Table of Contents

      5  Begin Reading

      6  Index

      7  About the Author

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