Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land"Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land is a major new account that places Australia's history fully within a global context, drawing on sources from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Canada, as well as within Australia itself." "In a compelling narrative, acclaimed historian Frank Welsh traces the history of the land from scattered convict settlements to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and on to today's thriving independent nation, exposing many national myths in the process. This book also explores the dark side of Australia's history: the long-continued "White Australia" policy, which bedeviled foreign policy for more than a century; the still-tortured official relationship with the Aboriginal peoples; the subordination of women; and the flaws in the constitution. Also examined is Australia's uneasy relationship with its Asian neighbors, and its isolation from Britain and the United States, its traditional allies."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 428
... Curtin to the Prime Minister's office . - After the parliamentary defeat of the stopgap Fadden administration Curtin took over the government on 3 October 1941. It was an unpromising situation for a country at war . The new Prime ...
... Curtin to the Prime Minister's office . - After the parliamentary defeat of the stopgap Fadden administration Curtin took over the government on 3 October 1941. It was an unpromising situation for a country at war . The new Prime ...
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... Curtin's signature appeared in the Melbourne Herald on 27 December 1941 ( it was drafted by the Prime Minister's press secretary ) , claiming : We look for a solid and impregnable barrier of the democracies against the three Axis Powers ...
... Curtin's signature appeared in the Melbourne Herald on 27 December 1941 ( it was drafted by the Prime Minister's press secretary ) , claiming : We look for a solid and impregnable barrier of the democracies against the three Axis Powers ...
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... Curtin gained a triumphant victory in the 1943 elections , winning 49 of 74 seats in the House of Representatives . Together with a respectable Senate majority this gave him an unassailable - and very rare authority . During the ...
... Curtin gained a triumphant victory in the 1943 elections , winning 49 of 74 seats in the House of Representatives . Together with a respectable Senate majority this gave him an unassailable - and very rare authority . During the ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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