Post-War Reconstruction and the 1949 Election

Post-war reconstruction and the 1949 election. The leadership of Ben Chifley and the 'Light on the Hill' — post-war reconstruction, the White Paper on Employment, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, banking reform and social welfare; immigration and 'Populate or Perish' and its social impact; post-war foreign policy and the role of Evatt at the United Nations; post-war social change and Aboriginal activism (William Cooper, Faith Bandler, Jack Patten); and the 1949 election — the contrasting policies of Chifley and Menzies and the impact of communism and the 1949 Coal Strike.