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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crotty, Martin, 1969-

Roberts, David Andrew, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--History.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following on from the successful Great Mistakes in Australian History, Turning Points shows us key moments, serious decisions, random coincidences that really did change the course of history. Seventeen of Australia's leading historians prompt us to see history differently, in a challenging and engaging way.-- Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Martin Crotty, David Andrew Roberts

14000 BP. On being alone : the isolation of the Tasmanians / Iain Davidson, David Andrew Roberts

26 January 1788. The arrival of the first Fleet and the 'Foundations of Australia' / David Andrew Roberts

19 June 1822. Creating 'an object of real terror' : the tabling of the first Bigge report / Raymond Evans

15 July 1851. Hargreaves discovers gold at Ophir : Australia's 'golden age' / Keir Reeves

16 August 1890. The maritime strike begins : on utopia and 'class war' / Melissa Bellanta

1 January 1901. Australia federates, Australia celebrates / Erin Ihde

25 April 1915. Australian troops land at Gallipoli : trial, trauma and the 'birth of the nation' / Martin Crotty

10 June 1931. The premiers' plan and the great depression : high politics and everyday life in an economic crisis / Erik Eklund

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

16 September 1956. 'It's here, at last!' The introduction of television in Australia / Michelle Arrow

January 1961. The release of the pill : contraceptive technology and the 'sexual revolution' / Frank Bongiorno

27 May 1967. The 1967 referendum : an uncertain consensus / Russell McGregor

1970. When it changed : the beginnings of women's liberation in Australia / Susan Magarey

26 January 1981. The opening of the Australian Institute of Sport : the government takes control of the national pastime / Brett Hutchins

1 July 1983. Saving the Franklin River : the environment takes centre stage / Melissa Harper

14 May 1986. Paul Keating's 'Banana Republic' statement and the end of the 'golden age' / Ray Broomhill

26 August-11 September 2001. From Tampa to 9/11 : seventeen days that changed Australia / Robert Manne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-293) and index.

ISBN:

9781742230696

1742230695

9781921410567

OCLC:

437108211