03231nam 2200577 450 991047887050332120210209143932.01-74224-712-11-74224-187-5(CKB)3710000000303688(EBL)1865230(SSID)ssj0001406997(PQKBManifestationID)11901004(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001406997(PQKBWorkID)11402732(PQKB)11346970(MiAaPQ)EBC2008111(MiAaPQ)EBC1865230(Au-PeEL)EBL1865230(OCoLC)884452251(EXLCZ)99371000000030368820141205d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAustralia 1901-2001 a narrative history /Andrew TinkSydney, New South Wales :Newsouth,2014.1 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-408-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Hopetoun's blunder; 2 The Australian crawl; 3 Sweat and chaff; 4 Dogs' livers; 5 My God! If only I had known; 6 Bloody stalemate; 7 Backs to the wall; Picture section; 8 Fini retreat -beaucoup Australiens ici; 9 A land fit for heroes?; 10 The diggers take over; 11 Men, money and markets; 12 Crash; 13 To the brink; 14 Depths of Depression; 15 From Depression to appeasement; 16 Australia is also at war; 17 The sons of the First AIF; 18 1942 - Australia's darkest year; 19 To victory; 20 Postwar blues; 21 Australia's Cold War; 22 The Queen and the Petrovs23 From ice chests to Frigidaires24 Indonesia looms large; 25 36 faceless men; 26 Confrontation with Indonesia; 27 All the way with LBJ; 28 Live from the Moon; 29 It's time; 30 Prima donna assoluta; 31 We've been sacked; 32 An ethical obligation; 33 Defining Australia; 34 Murray-Darling salt lick; 35 Hundreds and thousands; 36 O'Sullivan's WiFirevolution; 37 Mabo; 38 A bloody big rock; 39 We're safe now, pumpkin; 40 Weapons off!; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAndrew Tink's superb book tells the story of Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. A country underpinned by a political system that worked most of the time and the emergence of a mainly harmonious society. Australians at the start of the century could hardly have imagined the prosperity enjoyed by their diverse countrymen and women one hundred years later.Tink's story is driven by people, whether they be primeSocial historyEthnologyAustraliaAustraliaHistoryElectronic books.Social history.Ethnology918.1092359Tink Andrew998479MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910478870503321Australia 1901-20012290459UNINA