ATS2269 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Big Country, Australian Gold Rushes, Great White Fleet
15 Oct 2018
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Both were founded by great britain, have shared language, both young countries. Cousins the united states" close connection but not as close as with the. Gold rush in california connections to australian gold rush in the 1850s travelling back and forth between the countries starting to form connections. Australia"s anxieties about asia rose at the same time that america was becoming a global power. 1908 visit of the great white fleet (american navy) greeted enthusiastically in australia. Interwar period: australian had highest per-capita movie theatre visitation in the world and most films shown were from hollywood. Touring entertainers from the us were also very popular. Patterns of cultural globalisation (some call americanisation) were very influential in this new nation. Australia goes to war as britain does but at first it"s a european war until. December 1941 (pearl harbour) japan attacks america it then becomes a. Britain was protecting itself and couldn"t help australia.
