Turning points in Australian history / edited by Martin Crotty and David Roberts.

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.

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Australia -- History.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 14 000 BP: on being alone: the isolation of the Tasmanians

26 January 1788: the arrival of the first fleet and the 'foundation of Australia'

19 June 1822: creating 'an object of real terror': the tabling of the first Bigge report

15 July 1851: Hargreaves discovers gold at Ophir: Australia's 'golden age'

16 August 1890: the maritime strike begins: on utopia and 'class war'

1 January 1901: Australia federates, Australia celebrates

25 April 1915: Australian troops land at Gallipoli: trial, trauma and the 'birth of a nation'

10 June 1931: the Premiers' plan and the great depression: high politics and everyday life in an economic crisis

27 December 1941: Prime Minister Curtin's new year message: Australia 'looks to America'

16 September 1956: 'it's here, at last!' the introduction of television in Australia

January 1961: the release of the Pill: contraceptive technology and the 'sexual revolution'

27 May 1967: the 1967 referendum: an uncertain consensus

1970: when it changed: the beginnings of women's liberation

26 January 1981: the opening of the Australian Institute of Sport: the government takes control of the national pastime

1 July 1983: saving the Franklin River: the environment takes centre stage

14 May 1986: Paul Keating's 'banana republic' statement and the end of the 'golden age'

26 August-11 September 2001: from Tampa to 9/11: seventeen days that changed Australa.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Includes index.

9781921410567

xii, 302 p. ; 24 cm