Author(s): K. J. Mason

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Experience of Nationhood

Book and CD- RomCHAPTER 1: ONE PEOPLE ONE DESTINY: AUSTRALIA TO 1914 The working class The Australian Labor party and workers' benefits The middle class Aspects of daily life Dress and fashion Public health Transport and communication Reasons for federation Issues that hindered the idea of federation Federation achieved The Australian Constitution The system of government How laws are made Symbols of nationhood Australian society in 1901 Indigenous Australians and the right to vote Women and the right to vote The right to vote Social legislation, 1901-14 The Conciliation and Arbitration Court The basic wage Other social legislation Immigration Restriction Act 1901 The dictation test How the dictation test worked The experience of Poon Gooey Pacific Islander Labourers Act Exam-style questions CHAPTER 2: AUSTRALIA GOES TO WAR, 1914-1918 The British connection Why war broke out in 1914 Coo-ee! It's the mother country calling `I think I ought to go' Australian troops sent to Turkey Life at Anzac Cove The Western Front, 1916-1918 Elements of the Anzac legend Creating the legend Life on the home front William Morris Hughes The conscription issue Women at war, 1914-1918 War and remembrance Exam-style questions CHAPTER 3: BETWEEN THE WARS: AUSTRALIA IN THE 1920s AND 1930s Returned soldiers The role of women Flynn of the Inland (1880-1951) Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931) Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935) Creating Canberra, a new national capital Entertainment and the cinema Political developments of the 1920s: the Country Party Industrial unrest and the formation of the ACTU Compulsory voting Preferential voting The Great Depression Experiences of the depression: the unemployed Experiences of the depression: the wealthy The response of the government to the depression Jack Lang: the `Big Fella' The opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Aboriginal Australia: the Stolen Generations `Big Red', the story of Phar Lap Our Don Bradman Nancy Bird Walton Exam-style questions CHAPTER 4: AUSTRALIA AND WORLD WAR I! The causes of World War II Australia goes to war The Second AIF: from the desert to the jungle Australia and the desert war Pearl Harbor and the fall of Singapore On the Kokoda Track Australian prisoners of war 1942: Australia is attacked Wartime controls Aboriginal Australians and the war The changing role of women in World War II John Curtin (1885-1945) `Australia looks to America' A difference of opinion Australia, Britain and the United States: a changing relationship The defeat of Japan The experience of war Exam-style questions CHAPTER 5: AUSTRALIA IN THE VIETNAM WAR ERA The coming of the Cold War Australia and the fear of communism The origins of the war in Vietnam Why Australia entered the Vietnam War How Australia entered the Vietnam War The Australian involvement deepens All the way with LBJ Vietnam and popular opinion Nashos: conscripts for the Vietnam War Vietnam and the Labor Party Save Our Sons Conscientious objectors The anti-war movement A different war The impact of war The Vietnam veterans Vietnam refugees Australia's new relationship with Asia Exam-style questions CHAPTER 6: CHANGING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Changing policies towards Aboriginal Australians: from protectionism to self-determination The Aboriginal struggle for rights and freedoms The Stolen Generations The changing patterns of migration The experiences of a migrant group: the Italians The Snowy Mountains Scheme Multiculturalism A woman's place was in the home The demand for equal pay for equal work The Women's Movement in Australia Achievements of the Women's Movement Criticisms of the feminist movement Exam-style questions CHAPTER 7: EXPRESSIONS OF NATIONHOOD: AUSTRALIA AFTER 1945 Dr H.V. Evatt and Australia's foreign policy Australia's engagement with Asia since 1945 Australia and East Timor, 1999-2002 Australia and the war on terror Prime Minister Ben Chifley: the light on the hill Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies The failure of the Liberals, 1966-72 Prime Minister Gough Whitlam: `It's Time' Sir John Kerr Background to the dismissal of the Whitlam government The dismissal of the Whitlam government Understanding the constitutional crisis of 1975 Republicanism Preserving our heritage Jack Mundey and the green bans Bob Brown and the Greens Pauline Hanson Speaking in parliament One Nation Exam-style questions CHAPTER 8: POSTWAR AUSTRALIA: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE 1950S Changing technology in everyday life Housing and the spread of suburbia A better life at home Entertainment Transport Communication Features of the 1950s Fashion Music begins to rock-and-roll Entertainment Sport Influence of Britain and the United States on popular culture The Australian identity Exam-style questions.

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