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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Louis Esson drew strength and inspiration watching the Australian cricketers play
the English at Lords . It was a pleasure for him to watch them : they were so
graceful in comparison with the English who looked ' so stiff in the joints ' .
Louis Esson drew strength and inspiration watching the Australian cricketers play
the English at Lords . It was a pleasure for him to watch them : they were so
graceful in comparison with the English who looked ' so stiff in the joints ' .
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to the the Australians because the English bowling tactics had beaten their best
batsmen . That , the English believed , was the point : the English had won , and
the Australians did not like it . The Australians demanded an end to bodyline ...
to the the Australians because the English bowling tactics had beaten their best
batsmen . That , the English believed , was the point : the English had won , and
the Australians did not like it . The Australians demanded an end to bodyline ...
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Dignitaries , speaking in natural English accents as distinct from the pseudo -
English accents of aspirants to high social places , sat down in the shops and
risked eating a meat pie , not knowing the local habit of dousing the pie in a bath
of ...
Dignitaries , speaking in natural English accents as distinct from the pseudo -
English accents of aspirants to high social places , sat down in the shops and
risked eating a meat pie , not knowing the local habit of dousing the pie in a bath
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 |
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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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