{"product_id":"australian-history-for-dummies-isbn-9780730395454","title":"Australian History For Dummies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the fascinating details that make Australia the country it is today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian History For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e is your rough-and-ready tour guide through Australia's whirlwind past. We'll introduce you to the people and events that have shaped this 'Land Down Under' (and why it's called that, anyway). You'll see how Indigenous Australians lived in Australia for over 65,000 years. You'll be there as British colonists explore Australia's harsh terrain. You'll appreciate the impact of the world wars. And you'll delve into the recent past, giving you insight into modern-day Australia and what's next.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia is a place unlike any other place, and its wild history, with more ups and downs than you'll care to count, makes for fascinating reading. Bushrangers, the gold rush, the first female prime minister—it's all inside. This new edition fills in the last ten years of history and covers issues faced in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore the history of Indigenous Australia from the ancient past to the modern day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWatch Australia put itself on the map—learn about the intrepid explorers and the discovery of gold\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand how and why the states were united and meet the major players who made it happen\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamine the social, economic and political changes that made Australia what it is today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents, teachers and anyone else who wants to learn more about Australia’s background will love this lively, authoritative book. Relax and be entertained as \u003ci\u003eAustralian History For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e tells you the stories of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoolish Assumptions 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIcons Used in This Book 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Go from Here 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Let’s Get This Country Started\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Oldest Meets Newest 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting ahead in the convict world 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaping into the big time with wool 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGold, Gold, Gold for Australia 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcoming in male suffrage 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStriving for the ‘workingman’s paradise’ 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolving the Problems of the World (By Keeping Out the World) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow for War, Division, Depression and More War 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoining the Empire in the war 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDreaming of ‘Australia Unlimited’ 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting hit by the Great Depression 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e And another war 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Postwar Boom Broom 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking Down the Fortress Australia Mentality 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening up the economy 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening up the borders (mostly) 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntering the New Millennium 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: First Australians: Making a Home, Receiving Visitors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigenous Australians 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSettling in early 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in Aboriginal Australia 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory without books 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrading with the neighbours 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisitors from Overseas 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacassan fishermen 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortuguese and Spanish navigators 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Dutch traders and wandering explorers 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Second Arrivals and First Colonials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Discovering’ the Great Southern Land 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding the right men for the job 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting (British) eyes on New South Wales 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Brits are Coming! 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuick! New settlement required 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePushing for a settlement in NSW 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking a winner: NSW it is! 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSailing for Botany Bay 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting there with the First Fleet 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe human material: Who were these people? 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolding Out at Sydney 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing convicts as guards 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIssuing ultimatums (and being ignored) 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoldiering on regardless 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Colony Blues 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Fleet horrors 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourting disaster with the interlopers 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBennelong and Phillip 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen the rest of the world goes bung 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Colony Going Places (With Some Teething Troubles)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising to the Task: The NSW Corps Steps Up 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting up trading monopolies 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ascendancy of the ‘Rum Corps’ 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpsetting the reverends 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuling with Goodhearted Incompetence: Governor Hunter 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnding the trading monopoly game 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA government store with empty shelves 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHanding out land higgledy-piggledy 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHunter’s wheels fall off 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKing Came, King Saw, King Conquered — Kind Of 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversifying trade and production 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnding the rum trade (well points for trying) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePardoning convicts 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixing up the mess 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing Bligh for the job 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBligh gets down to business 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBligh’s end 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: A Nation of Second Chances\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacquarie’s Brave New World 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConverting Macquarie 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving under the Macquarie regime 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacquarie’s Main Points of Attack 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePushing expansion 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConciliating (and pursuing) Indigenous Australians 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-ordering a town, re-ordering convict behaviour 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming a Governor Ahead of His Time 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStirring up trouble with the free folk 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating outrage back home 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig World Changes for Little NSW 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoping with the deluge following Waterloo 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain starts paying attention again (unfortunately!) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing back terror 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Country? Big Ambitions? Bigge the Inspector? Big Problem! 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognising Macquarie’s Legacy 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: 1820s to 1900: Wool, Gold, Bust and then Federation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Getting Tough, Making Money and Taking Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevamping the Convict System 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting the terror back into the system and the system back into the terror 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing in the settlers 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing in the enforcers 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Tough Love from Darling 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRunning into staffing issues 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing head-to-head with the press 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComing up against calls for representation 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting it all down to a personality clash 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnduring Tough Times from Arthur 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcentrating on punishment and reform 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecording punishments in the system 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting bushrangers and Tasmanian Aboriginals 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitting the Big Time with Wool and Grabbing Land 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening up Australia’s fertile land 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding sheep, making money 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClashing with the locals: white pioneers, black pioneers 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting the land grab 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Economic Collapse and the Beginnings of Nationalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBubble Times: From Speculative Mania to a Big Collapse 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking the market into a frenzy 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvesting in land with easy credit 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDucking for cover as the economy collapses 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking up the pieces after the implosion 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving On from Convictism 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish calls to end convict ‘slavery’ 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnding transportation to NSW 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeeling the effects of ending transportation 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVan Diemen’s Land hits saturation point 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeeling the First Stirrings of Nationalism 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain tries turning the convict tap back on 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain offers exiles instead 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtecting Indigenous Australians — British Colonial Style 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttempting to protect Aboriginal peoples 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew possibility on Merri Creek 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSame old tragedy on Myall Creek 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: The Discovery of Gold and an Immigration Avalanche\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou want gold? We got gold! 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering gold (and going a little crazy) 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing order and hoping for calm 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding a gambling mentality to the mix 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking Towards the Workingman’s Paradise 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat Eureka Moment 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRumblings of discontent 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTensions boil over 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Arrival of Self-Government 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVotes for a few men 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVotes for many men 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuffrage goes rogue 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlocking the Arable Lands 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving the squatters 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking new laws for new farmers 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with squatter problems 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacing up to non-squatter problems 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Explorers, Selectors, Bushrangers and Trains\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplorer Superstars 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking thrills in the ‘great unknown’ 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Then making the unknown known 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSturt and Leichhardt Go Looking 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSturt — have boat, will walk 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeichhardt also walks right off the map 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Race — Stuart versus Burke and Wills 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the back of Burke, losing Wills 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuper Stuart — just a pity he’s drunk 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelectors and Bushrangers 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving on from the selectors’ dust heap 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBushranging nation 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNed Kelly: Oppressed Selector’s Son? Larrikin Wild Child? Stone-cold killer? 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKelly’s key events 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe man in the iron mask 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Towards Nationhood Maybe 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA telegraph to the world 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s raining trains 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Work, Play and Politics during the Long Boom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Workingman’s Paradise’ Continues 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowth brings jobs 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkingwomen’s paradise too 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkers’ Playtime 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeating the English at cricket 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew codes of football 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Big Myth of the Bush: Not So Rural Australia 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRearranging the Political Furniture 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting new colonial directions 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntervening in the economy 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: The Economy’s Collapsed — Anyone for Nationhood?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Boom to Bust 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe bubble before the pop 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd now for a big collapse 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree strikes and we’re out — industrial turmoil 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBirthing the Australian Labor Party 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom little things 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Australian halves of a Labor story 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor politicos and Labor unionists — the struggle begins! 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Nation? Maybe Maybe Not 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Federation happened 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Federation happened 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree men who made Federation happen 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: The 20th Century: New Nation, New Trajectories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Nation Just Born Yesterday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvancing Australia: A Social Laboratory 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining the Commonwealth 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat the judges said 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat the politicians did 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat everyday people thought 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassing Innovative Legislation 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranchising Australian women 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstablishing bold new protection 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeciding on a fair and reasonable wage 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoting in Labor 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat Whole White Australia Thing 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassing the Immigration Restriction Act 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePromising ‘protection’ — and delivering the absolute opposite 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcluding Chinese Australians 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with the ‘piebald north’ 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeporting the ‘Kanakas’ 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePushing ‘purity’ 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: World War I: International and Local Ruptures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGearing Up for Global War 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding up Australian forces 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing the best party to lead the wartime government 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy get involved? 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia at War 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProving ourselves to the world, part I: Gallipoli 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProving ourselves to the world, part II: The Western Front 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral John Monash engineers some victory 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHome Front Hassles 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting on the war footing 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrish troubles 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConscription controversy 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Billy goes rogue — aftermath of the Labor split 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving the Pieces around the Global Table: Australia at Versailles 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: Australia Unlimited\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding Australia 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Australia — from sour to unlimited 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar blues? Take the ‘Men, Money and Markets’ cure 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia Not-So-Unlimited 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorrowing unlimited for little Australia 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand disasters 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchizoid Nation 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport, the beach and picture shows 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCars, radios and Californian bungalows 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturned soldiers — elite, but angry 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe race bogey 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Workers of Australia 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor turns hard left 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor in state governments 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn attack of the Wobblies 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBruce arbitrates his own destruction 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: 1930 to 1949: Going So Wrong, So Soon?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15: A Not So Great Depression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrash and Depression 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorrowing like there’s no tomorrow 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere comes tomorrow 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe man from the Bank (of England) 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Melbourne Agreement 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA(nother) Labor Split 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo different solutions for the Great Depression problems 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA party shoots itself in both feet 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLang sacked and Labor in tatters 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThreats to Democracy from Best Friends and Enemies 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the virtues of communism 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForming secret armies 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMistakes and Resilience through the Crisis 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe politicians fail 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe people endure 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCelebrating 26 January 1938? Yes Mourning and Protesting? Also yes 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16: World War II Battles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Up to War 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefences through the Great Depression 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing the Singapore Strategy 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBelatedly prodded into action 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Early War Problems 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with tactics and technology 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with officer training and promotions 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with weapons 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverseas Again 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar in northern Africa 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar in the Mediterranean 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Time It’s Personal: War in the Pacific 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain can’t do everything: The fall of Singapore 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttacks on Australia 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUm, America — can we be friends? 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning the tide in the Coral Sea and on the Kokoda Trail 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJungle victories 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePetering into significance 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling Issues on the Home Front 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialisation and business expansion 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRationing and control 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in war times 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaxing everyone and building a welfare system 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17: Making Australia New Again\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestarting the Social Laboratory Under Chifley 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChifley’s Postwar Reconstruction 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on public works and welfare 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping the public service 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncreasing legislative interventions 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComing up against High Court troubles 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalwell and the Postwar Migration Revolution 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking beyond Britain to meet migration needs 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking the mould of mainstream Australia 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShifting Balances with Foreign Policy 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiving a voice to all nations in the UN 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing between America and Britain 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreading On an Ants’ Nest — of Angry Banks 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking a tentative step 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing full-steam down the nationalisation road 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: 1950 to 2000: Prosperity and Social Turmoil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 351\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18: Ambushed — by Prosperity!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomics of the Postwar Dreamtime 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping industry and manufacturing 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccepting ‘new’ Australian workers 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigenous Australians push back against new policies 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuburbia! The Final Frontier 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite goods make good friends 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew neighbourhoods and isolation 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise and Rise of Bob Menzies 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppealing to ‘the forgotten people’ 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppealing to women 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppealing to everyday freedoms 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling the Communist Threat 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMenzies tries to ban the Communist Party 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA man called Petrov and another Labor split 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19: Taking Things Apart in the 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving On from Empire 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill loving Britain 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLosing Britain all the same 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking to Japan and America 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefending Australia with America 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttack of the Baby Boomers! 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnding White Australia 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaining rights for Indigenous Australians 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting for women’s rights 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrashing — or Crashing Through — With Gough 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s (finally Labor’s) Time! 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Whitlam typhoon 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the wheels fall off 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20: When Old Australia Dies Is New Australia Ready?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coming of Malcolm Fraser 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaunching the good ship Multi-Culti 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraser foiled! By shifting economic sands 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeregulation Nation 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcoming in ‘Hawke’s World’ 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeeling the effects of short-term excess 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeregulating the labour market 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting the Culture Wars 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeating fires the starting gun 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBumps on the multi-culti road 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoward versus the ‘brain class’ 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePauline Hanson enters the debate (and turns Howard’s head) 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBattling Over Native Title 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActing on the Mabo judgement 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePanicking after the Wik judgement 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6: 2000 and Beyond: Seeking Solutions to Global and Local Problems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 411\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 21: Into the New Millennium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 413\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill Dealing with the Outside World 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtecting the borders 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlashpoint Tampa 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with the Bali bombings 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacing Up to Challenges at Home 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApologising to the Stolen Generations 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating more wealth for more people 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew political directions 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 22: Facing Off Between Two Australias\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Dozen Years with a Changing Beat 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Australian Cavalcade of Events 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolving the door for prime ministers 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurnbull’s time 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurnbull undone 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBelieving in election miracles 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling Three Seriously Significant Issues 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat big China question 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe People versus Big Tech 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe People versus COVID 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaders, Politics, Culture and Two Australias 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom tribe to brand 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics? Downstream of culture 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture? Downwind of politics 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 7: The Part of Tens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 451\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 23: Ten Things Australia Gave the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Boomerang 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ticket of Leave System 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Secret Ballot 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eight-Hour Day 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeature Films 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Artificial Pacemaker 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Practical Application of Penicillin 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAirline Safety Devices 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePermaculture 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpray-on Skin 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 24: Ten Game-Changing Moments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 457\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCook Claims the East Coast of Australia 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Kable Claims a Suitcase — and Rights for Convicts 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGold Discovered 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen Get the Vote in South Australia and Federally 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a Fortress out of Australia — the White Australia Policy 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia splits over Conscription 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia on the Western Front 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Post–World War II Migration Program 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLake Mungo Woman 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMabo 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex McDermott \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, historian, and creative producer. 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