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... wowsers ' . Methodism provided the backbone of Australian wowserism and , since Catholics were usually Labor voters , dissenters of all kinds tended strongly to vote for conservative parties which were not above angling for the ' wowser ...
... wowsers ' . Methodism provided the backbone of Australian wowserism and , since Catholics were usually Labor voters , dissenters of all kinds tended strongly to vote for conservative parties which were not above angling for the ' wowser ...
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... wowser vote ' . Public opinion forced the Government to back down and Mrs Freer was permitted to breathe the pure air of Australia in July 1937 . Nevertheless , to judge by the state of censorship , the wowser vote was more influential ...
... wowser vote ' . Public opinion forced the Government to back down and Mrs Freer was permitted to breathe the pure air of Australia in July 1937 . Nevertheless , to judge by the state of censorship , the wowser vote was more influential ...
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... Wowsers ' and boxing , 67 and cycling , 28 and mixed bathing , 28 influence of in 1920s : 132 , 141 influence of in 1930s : 213 , 220-2 in 1940s : 274 , 282 in 1950s : 331-3 in 1960s : 385 in S.A. , 87 , 107 , 355 the ' wowser vote ...
... Wowsers ' and boxing , 67 and cycling , 28 and mixed bathing , 28 influence of in 1920s : 132 , 141 influence of in 1930s : 213 , 220-2 in 1940s : 274 , 282 in 1950s : 331-3 in 1960s : 385 in S.A. , 87 , 107 , 355 the ' wowser vote ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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