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 297
... Labor Party . Only seven years separated the foundation of the Labor Electoral League from the formation of the first Labor colonial government : admittedly one of mayfly duration , as the Dawson ministry in Queensland lasted only six ...
... Labor Party . Only seven years separated the foundation of the Labor Electoral League from the formation of the first Labor colonial government : admittedly one of mayfly duration , as the Dawson ministry in Queensland lasted only six ...
Page 364
... Labor narrowly lost . Ungrateful for the social benefits Fisher's government had produced , many voters objected to defence expenditure and the introduction of compulsory military training . Anti- Labor press comments were fuelled by ...
... Labor narrowly lost . Ungrateful for the social benefits Fisher's government had produced , many voters objected to defence expenditure and the introduction of compulsory military training . Anti- Labor press comments were fuelled by ...
Page 399
... Labor party has produced during two long generations . This government has , since it took office , pursued a policy of drift . It has suffered ignominy upon ignominy ... But are we justified in spitting upon the altar of Labor simply ...
... Labor party has produced during two long generations . This government has , since it took office , pursued a policy of drift . It has suffered ignominy upon ignominy ... But are we justified in spitting upon the altar of Labor simply ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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