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Page 237
This hunger for high office prevented Reid from disowning Chris Watson , the
leader of the Labor Party . In his years as Premier of New South Wales it was said
he loved office so passionately he was prepared to play dominoes till the wee ...
This hunger for high office prevented Reid from disowning Chris Watson , the
leader of the Labor Party . In his years as Premier of New South Wales it was said
he loved office so passionately he was prepared to play dominoes till the wee ...
Page 246
Finding both English and colonial precedent pointed to his duty to inquire first
whether the leader of any other party could form an Administration he sent for Mr
Watson on the afternoon of 23 April and invited him to undertake the formation of
...
Finding both English and colonial precedent pointed to his duty to inquire first
whether the leader of any other party could form an Administration he sent for Mr
Watson on the afternoon of 23 April and invited him to undertake the formation of
...
Page 256
But by then nothing could save the Watson Government . 44 The conservative
press had welcomed Labor in office as an expedient to steer society away from
the one revolution the bourgeoisie feared . The radical press had hailed the
Labor ...
But by then nothing could save the Watson Government . 44 The conservative
press had welcomed Labor in office as an expedient to steer society away from
the one revolution the bourgeoisie feared . The radical press had hailed the
Labor ...
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Contents
FRIENDS OF MAMMON AND PROPHETS OF EDEN | 1 |
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 43 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 55 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| 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 | 448 pages |
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