A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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... followed , it was said , by an industrial boom , begun by the increase in demand for manufactured goods from the families who had taken up suburban lots during the great land boom . Soon there would be a large army of workers to ...
... followed , it was said , by an industrial boom , begun by the increase in demand for manufactured goods from the families who had taken up suburban lots during the great land boom . Soon there would be a large army of workers to ...
Page 203
... followed as inevitably as night followed day by the bankruptcy of Queensland . But changes in the method of growing and harvesting and milling sugar cane had already reduced the proportion of black to white labour in the industry . By ...
... followed as inevitably as night followed day by the bankruptcy of Queensland . But changes in the method of growing and harvesting and milling sugar cane had already reduced the proportion of black to white labour in the industry . By ...
Page 361
... followed closely the pattern of a royal wedding in London in the previous year . Mr George Fairbairn , a para- gon of squatterdom , proposed the toast to the host and the hostess . The father of the bride raised his glass to ' the ...
... followed closely the pattern of a royal wedding in London in the previous year . Mr George Fairbairn , a para- gon of squatterdom , proposed the toast to the host and the hostess . The father of the bride raised his glass to ' the ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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