A History of Australia, Volume 6"All through this volume runs a sense of Australian uncertainty over the period 1916-1935: were Australians a people with their own country, their own responsibilities, their own history to make? Or were they essentially Britons, relocated merely by some chance in a far corner of the globe? Was it their destiny to look forward bravely to an unknown future, or to look backwards on a fading imperial past? Henry Lawson put to them the choice they had - between "the Old Dead Tree" and "the Young Tree Green"." |
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Page 158
Douglas Grant , an Aborigine from Cairns , got round the prohibition on
Aborigines serving overseas in the A.I.F. He loved Shakespeare , recited English
poetry , and played the bagpipes as well as any Scot . David Unaipon , an
Aborigine from ...
Douglas Grant , an Aborigine from Cairns , got round the prohibition on
Aborigines serving overseas in the A.I.F. He loved Shakespeare , recited English
poetry , and played the bagpipes as well as any Scot . David Unaipon , an
Aborigine from ...
Page 449
If the courts permitted Aborigines to murder white men in any circumstances
without fear of the extreme penalty , Aborigines would consider that white men
placed a low value on life . The judge then asked whether there was anyone in
the ...
If the courts permitted Aborigines to murder white men in any circumstances
without fear of the extreme penalty , Aborigines would consider that white men
placed a low value on life . The judge then asked whether there was anyone in
the ...
Page 478
The Aborigines were also on the move . On 6 November 1931 the freak
Aboriginal fast bowler Eddie Gilbert had knocked Don Bradman's bat out of his
hand with his first ball , made him drop to the pitch with his second ball , and had
him ...
The Aborigines were also on the move . On 6 November 1931 the freak
Aboriginal fast bowler Eddie Gilbert had knocked Don Bradman's bat out of his
hand with his first ball , made him drop to the pitch with his second ball , and had
him ...
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Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Manning Clark |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
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