Australia 1918 - 1950s has been developed for senior secondary students of History and is part of the Nelson Modern History series. Each book in the series is based on the understanding that History is an interpretive study of the past by which students also come to better appreciate the making of the modern world. Students will use historical skills, including research, evaluation, synthesis, analysis and communication. They will rely on their knowledge of the historical concepts such as evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, significance, empathy, perspectives and contestability, to understand and interpret societies from the past. Australia 1918 - 1950s explores Australia¿s modern history from 1918 and considers, at both the domestic and international level, how Australians responded to the rapid social, technological, economic and political changes that came in the aftermath of World War l. In exploring these themes particular attention is paid to:- The ambitious ag