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	EH.Net Encyclopedia: The Economic History of Australia from 1788: An Introduction
		The Economic History of Australia from 1788: An Introduction
		Australia remained vulnerable as an exporter of commodities and importer of capital but its endowment of natural resources and the skills of its population were also creating opportunities.
		Butlin, N.G. Economics and the Dreamtime, A Hypothetical History.
	eh.net /encyclopedia/article/attard.australia (5274 words)

	Australian Foreign Relations - NCBuy Country Reference for Australia
		Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia.
		Australia also is active in meetings of the Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government and the Pacific Islands Forum, and has been a leader in the Cairns Group--countries pressing for agricultural trade reform in World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations--and in the APEC forum.
		Australia has devoted particular attention to relations between developed and developing nations, with emphasis on the ten countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the island states of the South Pacific.
	www.ncbuy.com /reference/country/backgrounds.html?code=as&sec=backforeignrelations (535 words)

	Economic history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past.
		Economic history is undertaken using both historical methods and the application of economic theory.
		The term cliometrics (a reference to Clio, the Muse of history) is used to describe the application of econometric techniques to the study of economic history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_history (451 words)

	Commonwealth of Australia - Brief History - Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry - AACCI - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There is some evidence that the Chinese seamen might have visited the shores of Australia early in the 15 century, the Spanish passed it on their way to the Philippines in the 16th century, but the first recorded sighting of the continent by Europeans was in 1606, by the Dutch.
		In WW II Australia fought on the side of the Allied Forces and was the Allied base in the Pacific.
		Australia is a great promoter of the facilitation of international trade, and signatory of almost all multilateral trade agreements such as GATT the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations etc. The regulations for importing/exporting to Australia are relatively liberal.
	www.austarab.com.au /Australia/Australia_history.html (1123 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History: Web Resources: Geographical
		History of Refractories in Australia A history of Newbold General Refractories in Sydney, by Michelle Watson (1996).
		Economic History in Canada: A Survey A survey of economic history in Canada was done by Douglas McCalla and Shawn Day for a Canadian conference on The Future of Economic History in October 2003.
		Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction FEEGI is an organization of scholars dedicated to the study of the history of the expansion of Europe and the worldwide response to that expansion, from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century.
	www.iisg.nl /~neha/w3vl/countries.html (8340 words)

	NationMaster - Australian Economy statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Australia believes that the best approach to dealing with these issues is to maintain a flexible, pragmatic and focused trade policy; to highlight the significance of the rules-based multilateral system in delivering prosperity; and to persist in efforts to improve it.
		Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia.
		Australia remains a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state: a referendum to establish a republic was defeated in 1999.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/as-australia/eco-economy (2456 words)

	Australia
		Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
		Australia led the formation of the Cairns Group and APEC, and is a member of the OECD and the WTO.
		The character of colonial Australia, as embodied in early literature, resonates with modern Australia and its perceived emphasis on egalitarianism, mateship, and anti-authoritarianism.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Australia (5220 words)

	Australian Regional Policy and The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in Southeastern Australia
		Australia lacks water in the vast, low-lying interior, but the eastern rim of highlands, the Great Dividing Range, has plentiful rain fall.
		The hydroelectric system is especially valuable because it is located in the southeastern Australia where it provides supplemental peak-load power for the urban centers of Sydney, Melbourne, and the Australian capital of Canberra.
		Differences in income between the urban and rural population have been relatively small because the rural areas have been settled from the urban areas so there was relatively little difference between the rural and urban populations in terms of income and culture.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/australia.htm (1015 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Australia
		While Australia had been known to Europeans since its discovery in the sixteenth century, the English were the first to settle there on a permanent basis, aside from the native Aboriginal population.
		At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, as Australia was unifying its colonies into one independent nation, a wave of immigration from Europe bolstered the Jewish community both in terms of numbers and observance.
		Australia maintains friendly relations with the State of Israel, and was one of the strongest proponents of partition.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/australia.html (1583 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Australia
		Australia's public debt remains at around 18 percent of GDP—the lowest in the developed world—and its unemployment is close to a 20-year low at 5.6 percent.
		According to the World Bank, Australia's weighted average tariff rate in 2004 was 3.8 percent, down from the 3.9 percent for 2002 reported in the 2005 Index.
		Australia's economy is open to foreign investment, and foreign investors receive national treatment.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Australia (971 words)

	Atherton Tablelands Aboriginal History - Atherton Tablelands - Tropical North Queensland Australia
		The history and culture of the Australian Aboriginal people stretches back for tens of thousands of years, and the Atherton Tablelands is an important part of this history.
		Although modern day historians are largely uninformed about indigenous history prior to European contact, we do have records about the impact of white settlement on the Aboriginal lands, the conflicts that resulted, and the rules and inequalities forced upon the native people.
		As described in the general history of the Atherton Tablelands, white settlers first established villages and towns in the area in 1886.
	www.tablelands.org /aboriginal-history.html (734 words)

	Australia History & Australia Culture \| iExplore.com
		They were settled around the coast – several of modern Australia’s biggest cities grew from the penal settlements and those set up by freed convicts and other European immigrants – and eventually enabled the British crown to claim the entire continent.
		The country’s foreign policy (irrespective of the party in power) is now geared to the strengthening of economic and political links with the countries of the Asian Pacific Rim and the affirmation of the existing links with the USA (exemplified by Australia’s participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq).
		Australia’s single largest trading partner is Japan, which takes approximately one-third of total exports, followed by the USA, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, China and then the EU nations (principally the UK and Germany).
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Australia/History (1316 words)

	Part B: A history of economic rationalism in Australia - January 13, 2001
		Australia was copying the blueprint laid down by Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in America.
		It is one thing to remove protection to and assistance for extremely inefficient industries; it is quite another to refuse to have an industry policy to encourage new, competitive replacement industries to provide jobs and incomes to workers and families.
		Economic rationalist policies are now profoundly affecting Australian businesses, workers and the fabric of Australian society.
	www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2001jan13_partb.html (1120 words)

	Economic history of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An investment boom in Australia in this decade saw increased economic expansion despite the fact that the investments were providing less of a return per dollar spent on investment.
		However it was not negative economic growth due, in part, to gold discoveries in Western Australia.
		Economic growth was not hampered by this, as the development of mining initiatives to exploit Australia’s natural resources attracted foreign investment, which underpinned economic expansion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_history_of_Australia (1310 words)

	Economic Society of Australia History
		Copland sought to establish good relations with the business community, and was noted for his interest in the application of economic theory to practical problems.
		"Economic Papers" had been published since 1941 by the New South Wales and later also Victorian branches, and was formally adopted as a Society journal in 1982.
		It is the leading conference in Australia on the range of economic issues, and regularly attracts leading Australian and international speakers.
	www.ecosoc.org.au /history.html (509 words)

	Australian US Relations - NCBuy Country Reference for Australia
		Recent Presidential visits to Australia (in 1991 and 1996) and Australian Prime Ministerial visits to the United States (in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003) have underscored the strength and closeness of the alliance.
		In recent years, especially because of Australia's large trade deficit with the United States, Australians have protested what they consider U.S. protectionist barriers against their exports of wool, meat, dairy products, lead, zinc, uranium, and fast ferries.
		Australia remains concerned that U.S. agricultural subsidies--although targeted against European subsidies--may undercut Australian markets for grain and dairy products in the Asia-Pacific region.
	www.ncbuy.com /reference/country/backgrounds.html?code=as&sec=backusrelations (476 words)

	Australian Economic History Review: An Asia-Pacific Journal of Economic, Business & Social History - Journal Information
		Published on behalf of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand
		The Australian Economic History Review is concerned with the historical treatment of economic, social and business issues, particularly (but not exclusively) relating to Australia, New Zealand and adjoining regions in Asia and the Pacific.
		Papers examine these issues not only from the perspective of economic history but also from the related disciplines of history, economics, history of economic thought, industrial relations, demography, sociology, politics and business studies.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /journal.asp?ref=0004-8992 (220 words)

	LSHG Message Board - Call for Papers - Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand
		There are still some available slots in the economic history stream at this year's annual conference.
		Others include the Australian Society for Sports History, the Australian Mining History Association, the Australasian Association for the History Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, the Australian Association for Maritime History, the Religious History Society, NSW Society for the History of Medicine, and the Australian Nursing History Group.
		Paper proposals are now solicited in any area of economic history, broadly defined.
	www.londonsocialisthistorians.org /messageboard/printthread.php?t=189 (300 words)

	EDIRC: Economic History, History of Economics
		University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Department of Economic History
		Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (Faculty of Economics), Institut für Statistik und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Institute of Statistics and Economic History)
		University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Department of Economics and Economic History
	edirc.repec.org /echistory.html (1416 words)

	WWW-VL History Index
		"Australia on the Map: 1606-2006" (AOTM) is a national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping and encouraging the people of Australia plan events for 2006.
		The Discovery of Australia, by Diego de Prado, from the University of Sydney Library.
		Australia Felix, by Henry Handel Richardson, from the University of Sydney Library.
	vlib.iue.it /history/oceania/Australia/index.html (1693 words)

	Web Links
		Archive of the History of Economic Thought by Roderick Hay (McMaster, Canada).
		Economic Theory and Methodology - Steve Keen's hypermedia course at W. Sydney.
		The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (in 18 Volumes) at Bartleby.
	cepa.newschool.edu /het/links.htm (663 words)

	Book Listing by Subject: Economic History (Economics Network)
		The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History and Demography (Richard A. Easterlin)
		The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR, 1945 - 1991 (Philip Hanson)
		A New History of Ireland: Ireland 1921-1984 v.
	www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk /books/EconomicHistory.htm (3910 words)

	EconPapers: Australian Economic History Review
		THE ECONOMICS AND ORGANISATION OF CHINESE MINING IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA pp.
		Export-led industrialisation and growth: Korea's economic miracle, 1962-1989 pp.
		The Indonesian economic crisis and the long road to recovery pp.
	econpapers.repec.org /article/blaozechr (781 words)

	australia australian history
		Although mystery and debate shroud many aspects of Australian prehistory, it is generally accepted that the first humans travelled across the sea from Indonesia about 70,000 years ago." And the story continues.
		__ Australia has a brief history and this is a brief overview of it.
		there is a lot of information including stories, history, roll of honor, medals and awards, memorials, exhibitions and much more.
	www.archaeolink.com /australia_australian_history.htm (761 words)

	EHSANZ main page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Economic history is the study of our past development, particularly in relation to economics, labour, and business.
		It includes, for example, the economic development of nations, the growth of business enterprise, and the organisation of work.
		While economic history draws extensively on its close relationships with the disciplines of economics and history, its ultimate strength lies in its broad inter-disciplinary connections across a wide range of social science and business subjects.
	www.uow.edu.au /commerce/seis/ehsanz (135 words)

	Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Main Page
		It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures.
		Internet History Sourcebooks Project began as a way to access texts that were already available on the Internet, it now contains hundreds of texts made available locally.
		Although the history of social and cultural elite groups remains important to historians, the lives of non-elite women, people of color, lesbians and gays are also well represented here.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook.html (951 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History
		Annual Colloquium of the European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V. Annual Conference Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand 2004
		Journal for the history of cartography in the Netherlands
		Economic History Conference of Australia and New Zealand
	www.neha.nl /w3vl/alphabet.html (1455 words)

	Stalinism: Its Origins and Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The New Economic Policy; Preparing for the Revolution in Europe; Lenin's Last Struggles; The German Revolution: a missed opportunity.
		Sell-out of the Century; The Aftermath of the War, Yugoslavia, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, DDR; The Impact of the War on the Soviet Union; Stalinist Policy in the West, Italy, France, Britain, Australia, Greece.
		The Prague Spring, 1968; Poland, 1968; Reaction of Communist Parties to the Prague Spring, Australia; The French General Strike; Euro-Communism, Italy, Spain, France, Australia; 'Pro-Moscow' splits; Chile 1973;.
	home.mira.net /~andy/bs (976 words)

	Table of contents
		Table 3.3: Hospital bed-days and hospital episodes attributable to tobacco and other drug use, Australia, 1992.
		Table 3.4: Estimated deaths caused or prevented by active smoking of tobacco in Australia in 1992 according to condition
		Table 16.9: Estimated deaths caused or prevented by active smoking of tobacco in Australia in 1992 according to condition
	www.quit.org.au /quit/FandI/fandi/toc.htm (1509 words)

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