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He might become a hireling for wages . He might lose his independence , his cherished freedom . He was threatened with the fate of becoming a ' destitute swagman ' , one of the ' unemployed in the inhospitable Australian bush where ...
He might become a hireling for wages . He might lose his independence , his cherished freedom . He was threatened with the fate of becoming a ' destitute swagman ' , one of the ' unemployed in the inhospitable Australian bush where ...
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Fisher was the model worker who had become the model bourgeois politician . For him Labor held out the promise of the whole world becoming safe for bourgeois virtues and his own brand of righteousness . Like Hughes , a nod of approval ...
Fisher was the model worker who had become the model bourgeois politician . For him Labor held out the promise of the whole world becoming safe for bourgeois virtues and his own brand of righteousness . Like Hughes , a nod of approval ...
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Australians have become sceptical of all comforters except those which provide a pleasing escape from reality . The beaches , the fun parlours ( Luna Park was Just for Fun ' ) , the sports grounds , the bars and the bright light of the ...
Australians have become sceptical of all comforters except those which provide a pleasing escape from reality . The beaches , the fun parlours ( Luna Park was Just for Fun ' ) , the sports grounds , the bars and the bright light of the ...
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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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