Australia:
Our Neighbor Down Under

Introduction

ANZACs

• Getting acquainted
• How are we alike?
• Comparisons and Contrasts
• What about aims and outlook?
• Australian English
• Australian Slang
• Only seven millions
• It’s either too hot or too dry
• Gamblers all

What Do They Do for a Living?

• The discovery of wool
• The gold rush
• Industry on the home front

Important Events

What Are the Effects of Isolation?

• You can be choosy
• What did they choose?
• White and British
• The empty spaces
• From the mother country
• Is “Britishness” good or bad?

Self-rule and How It Grew

• Seeds of democracy
• Checks and balances
• Democratic aims

The Land Problem

The Industrial Problem

The Labor Problem

Labor in politics

• Socialism and state enterprise
• The labor platform
• The labor machine
• Regulating wages
• The basic wage

Australia and the Outside World

• The last war and after
• When this war came
• Work or fight
• Lend-lease in reverse
• Cooperation in the future
• Enemy territories

Portfolio: Australia

To the Leader

• How to use this pamphlet
• Questions for discussion

Suggestions for Further Reading