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Page 68
The leading bourgeois politicians of Australia were drafting a constitution for
Australia which would preserve the interests of their class for generations to
come . They wanted a constitution which would assist them to defend their
country ...
The leading bourgeois politicians of Australia were drafting a constitution for
Australia which would preserve the interests of their class for generations to
come . They wanted a constitution which would assist them to defend their
country ...
Page 71
He explained to the delegates that if they accepted a federal constitution then
they were giving the minority equal power with the majority , because in a federal
constitution every law had to receive assent of the majority of the people , and the
...
He explained to the delegates that if they accepted a federal constitution then
they were giving the minority equal power with the majority , because in a federal
constitution every law had to receive assent of the majority of the people , and the
...
Page 123
The liberals were campaigning for a federal constitution free from the safeguards
for minority interests which the conservatives had written into the draft constitution
of 1891 . 57 On the role of the state in economic life they chose again the ...
The liberals were campaigning for a federal constitution free from the safeguards
for minority interests which the conservatives had written into the draft constitution
of 1891 . 57 On the role of the state in economic life they chose again the ...
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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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