A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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... Australian colonies , testified profusely to their loyalty to the Queen and the Empire , and to their intentions , as Thomas Playford of South Australia put it , to continue to belong to that great Anglo - Saxon people whose name is ...
... Australian colonies , testified profusely to their loyalty to the Queen and the Empire , and to their intentions , as Thomas Playford of South Australia put it , to continue to belong to that great Anglo - Saxon people whose name is ...
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... South Australia and Tasmania passed Enabling Acts to prescribe the method of election of ten delegates from each ... Australia Sir John Forrest's government insisted that either parliament would elect the delegates , or there would be no ...
... South Australia and Tasmania passed Enabling Acts to prescribe the method of election of ten delegates from each ... Australia Sir John Forrest's government insisted that either parliament would elect the delegates , or there would be no ...
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... South Wales requests . After five days debate behind closed doors they agreed on the following resolutions : that at a joint sitting of the two houses for the purpose of settling disputes between the chambers , the decision of an ...
... South Wales requests . After five days debate behind closed doors they agreed on the following resolutions : that at a joint sitting of the two houses for the purpose of settling disputes between the chambers , the decision of an ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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