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A history of Australia in the 2 Oth century

Michael Pyne Julie Bowe Diane Connolly

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Longman

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and associated companies around the world

Contents Preface Correlation chart

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Topic 1

Australian social and political life to 1914

Focus question 2 unit 3 .2 The vote for women Timeline 3 unit 3 .3 The vote-a comparison

Chapter 1 Federation and Literacy in history-SQ3R summaries

Australia's Constitution 4 Chapter 4 A white Australia unit I. I The Forces behind Federation 4 unit 4.1 A fearful race unit 1.2 Australia's Constitution 7 unit 4.2 Making Australia white unit 1.3 Looking to Britain 9 unit 4.3 A pure race

Literacy in history-Argument 12 Chapter 5 The Aboriginal experience

Chapter 2 Living and working unit 5. I Dispossession

conditions 13 unit 5 .2 Our violent past

unit 2.1 Life in Australia in 1900 13 unit 5 .3 Misguided policy

unit 2.2 Better than the old country 17 unit 5 .4 Protection from whom?

Literacy in history-Retelling history 19 unit 5 .5 The power of the Aborigines Protection Board

Chapter 3 Suffrage and franchise 20 Literacy in history-Writing history unit 3. I Not all equal under the Topic review

Southern Cross 20

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Australia and the First World War

Chapter 6

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Focus question Time line

Gallipoli and the ANZAC legend

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52 ' ... our last man and our last shilling' 52 Gallipoli: the baptism of a nation 56 The legend grows: the Western Front

Literacy in history-Describing history 60 65

Chapter 7 Aspects of the home front unit 7. I The conscription debate unit 7 .2 Women in the Great War

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Topic 3 Australia between the wars

Focus question 76 Chapter 9 The Depression Timeline 77 unit 9.1 The Great Depression comes

to Australia Chapter 8 Social change in the 1920s 78 unit 9.l Many different stories unit 8.1 The Roaring Twenties 78 unit 9.3 Money in their pockets unit 8.l People on the move 80 unit 9.4 Government response divided unit 8.3 Taking it easy 82 unit 9.S Lang versus Lyons unit 8.4 The Great Depression approaches 84 unit 8.S Distressing times 86 Chapter 10 The stolen generations

unit I 0.1 Family separations unit I O.l The stolen children unit I 0.3 No past: no future unit I 0.4 The Day of Mourning, 1938 Topic review

Topic 4 Australia and the Second World War

Focus question ll4 unit 11.6 War against Japan Timeline 115 unit 11.7 Impact on Australia

unit 11.8 Australia's foreign relations during Chapter 11 The defence of Australia 116 the Second World War unit 11.1 The outbreak of the Second Literacy in history-Challenging a statement

World War 116 unit 11.l Hate takes control 118 Chapter 12 Aspects of the home front unit I 1.3 The war against Germany and Italy 122 unit 11.1 Conscription and censorship unit 11.4 The Germans come to North Africa 124 unit 11.l Women at war unit 11.S Japan enters the war 128 Topic review

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Post-war Australia to the. 1970s

Focus question 150 Chapter 15 Anti-communism Timeline 151 and the Vietnam War 170

Chapter 13 Citizenship and unit 15. I Ben Chifley: the light on the hill 170 unit 15 .1 Bob Menzies: the Queen's man 175

migrant Australians 152 unit 15 . 3 The Vietnam War 182 unit U. I New people from different places 152 unit 15 .4 The Vietnam War splits the nation 185 unit I J .1 A rich contribution 154

Chapter 14 Citizenship and Chapter 16 The changing roles

of women 190 indigenous Australians 158 unit 16. I The Women's Liberation Movement 190

unit 14.1 Assimilation 158 unit 16.1 Changes in attitudes 195 unit 14.1 Assimilation and indigenous

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peoples 161 Chapter 1 7 Popular culture 198 unit 14.J Protest movements 162 unit 17. I The American influence 198 unit 14.4 The 1967 referendum 166 unit 17.1 From the Mersey to Carnaby Street 203 unit 14.5 From assimilation to integration 167 Topic review 207

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Social and political issues from the 1970s to the 1990s ,

Focus question Timeline

Chapter 18 Australia's relations with Asia

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A white Australia Australia's changing focus

Chapter 19 Multiculturalism unit 19. I Why multiculturalism? unit 19 .1 How have we changed unit 19 .3 The impact of multiculturalism

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Chapter 20 The 19 7 5 constitutional crisis 224

unit 10.1 The sacking of a Prime Minister 224 unit 10.1 Whitlam goes 229

Chapter 21 Feminism 234 unit 11. I Legislation for women 234 unit 11.1 The impact of the feminist

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Chapter 22 Aboriginal issues 241 unit 11.1 Land rights and native title 241 unit 11.1 The end of terra nullius 245 unit 11.3 Aboriginal deaths in custody 250

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Contemporary Australia Focus question Time line

Chapter 23 Egalitarianism and diversity in Australian society

unit 2 J. I Are we all equal or not? unit 2 J .2 Changing images

Chapter 24 Towards reconciliation unit 24.1 Self-determination unit 24.2 Reconciliation

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Chapter 25 Republicanism unit 2 S. I For and against unit 2 S .2 The move to a republic

Chapter 26 Heritage and environmental issues

unit 26.1 unit 26.2 Topic review

What is heritage? Preserving the past

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