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Page 164
The Philistines of Melbourne quickly recognized in Marshall-Hall a threat to their
religion and morality. The parsons, the press, the private schools and the
Catholic schools, the bastions of bourgeois society in Melbourne, the recruiting
grounds ...
The Philistines of Melbourne quickly recognized in Marshall-Hall a threat to their
religion and morality. The parsons, the press, the private schools and the
Catholic schools, the bastions of bourgeois society in Melbourne, the recruiting
grounds ...
Page 165
The casting vote against Marshall-Hall was given by the Vice-Chancellor, Sir
Henry Wrixon, a pillar of respectability in Melbourne." Marshall-Hall was
unrepentant. He declared himself to be a member of 'a beleaguered garrison
surrounded by ...
The casting vote against Marshall-Hall was given by the Vice-Chancellor, Sir
Henry Wrixon, a pillar of respectability in Melbourne." Marshall-Hall was
unrepentant. He declared himself to be a member of 'a beleaguered garrison
surrounded by ...
Page 333
The veneer of civilization was stripped off each week, it was said, for the
thousands who flocked to the football during the Melbourne winter. Such
saturnalia were a throw-back to some dark age in human history, not a model of
that Pax ...
The veneer of civilization was stripped off each week, it was said, for the
thousands who flocked to the football during the Melbourne winter. Such
saturnalia were a throw-back to some dark age in human history, not a model of
that Pax ...
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915 Volume 5 of A History of Australia: 1888-1915. The People Make Laws, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 5 of A History of Australia: The People Make Laws. 1888-1915, Manning Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General |
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