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Like all Australian attempts at pomp , ceremony and elegance the proceedings partook of the character of a farce rather than an imitation of English high society in the antipodes . ? On 22 January , the Sunday ...
Like all Australian attempts at pomp , ceremony and elegance the proceedings partook of the character of a farce rather than an imitation of English high society in the antipodes . ? On 22 January , the Sunday ...
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Australians should be on their guard lest cunning imperialists degraded their country to the level of an outlying English province . The imperialists were trying to seduce Australians with a medal which ranked a little higher than the ...
Australians should be on their guard lest cunning imperialists degraded their country to the level of an outlying English province . The imperialists were trying to seduce Australians with a medal which ranked a little higher than the ...
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The English gentleman and the English lady were their ideal . The Catholic schools taught bourgeois moral values , while glossing over the role of the English in the creation of the model they were representing .
The English gentleman and the English lady were their ideal . The Catholic schools taught bourgeois moral values , while glossing over the role of the English in the creation of the model they were representing .
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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