Author Description

Federation - Suffrage and franchise - White Australia - Aboriginal Australians - Causes of World War I - The Gallipoli campaign and the Australian legend - Between the wars, political change and economic conditions - The Great Depression - Australia and World War II - Defence of Australia - War in the Pacific - Conscription - Aboriginal Australians and the war - The communist issue - War in Vietnam - Australia and Asia since the 1970s - Multiculturalism - Failure of the Liberals - The Whitlam government, 1972-1975 - Land rights and native title - The women's movement - Environmental concerns - Republican movement; Includes Timeline (time line) & Key Words & terms.