A Fine Country to Starve inFirst published in 1972. Reissue with a new introduction of an account of the Depression years of 1929-1933 in Western Australia and the link with secessionism. With a bibliography, index, and sepia illustrations. The author is professor of history at Edith Cowan University in Perth and general editor of the 'Oxford History of Australia'. |
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The Man on the Land | 22 |
There is No Danger of a Financial Crisis | 51 |
A Vote for Jimmy Mitchell | 69 |
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