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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22 In the meantime Bruce was discussing with his advisers how Australia could
achieve an effective voice in Imperial decisions on defence and foreign policy . In
February 1924 he had asked Allen Leeper , the son of that fanatical upholder of ...
22 In the meantime Bruce was discussing with his advisers how Australia could
achieve an effective voice in Imperial decisions on defence and foreign policy . In
February 1924 he had asked Allen Leeper , the son of that fanatical upholder of ...
Page 297
Bruce said ruefully , ' to have a vote of confidence passed on one is certain
evidence that there is some lack of it . The light came back into the eyes of
William Morris Hughes . The opportunity to take revenge for the wounds of 1923
was not far ...
Bruce said ruefully , ' to have a vote of confidence passed on one is certain
evidence that there is some lack of it . The light came back into the eyes of
William Morris Hughes . The opportunity to take revenge for the wounds of 1923
was not far ...
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Retribution that the Bruce - Page Government shall perish of John Brown ' . 38
Labor decided to censure the Bruce - Page Government for withdrawing legal
proceedings against John Brown for the lock - out . On 15 August in the House of
...
Retribution that the Bruce - Page Government shall perish of John Brown ' . 38
Labor decided to censure the Bruce - Page Government for withdrawing legal
proceedings against John Brown for the lock - out . On 15 August in the House of
...
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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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